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GENUS ROSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rosa mean? 

GENUS ROSA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ROSA has 1 sense:

1. large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including rosesplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS ROSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ROSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rosa; Rosa

Hypernyms ("genus Rosa" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Rosa"):

rose; rosebush (any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses)

Holonyms ("genus Rosa" is a member of...):

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)


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