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GENUS SPIRAEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Spiraea mean?
• GENUS SPIRAEA (noun)
The noun GENUS SPIRAEA has 1 sense:
1. a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS SPIRAEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Spiraea; Spiraea
Hypernyms ("genus Spiraea" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Spiraea"):
spiraea; spirea (any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Spiraea" 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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