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MENZIESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Menziesia mean? 

MENZIESIA (noun)
  The noun MENZIESIA has 1 sense:

1. deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asiaplay

  Familiarity information: MENZIESIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MENZIESIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Menziesia; Menziesia

Hypernyms ("Menziesia" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Menziesia"):

false azalea; fool's huckleberry; Menziesia ferruginea (straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers)

Menziesia pilosa; minnie bush; minniebush (low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs)

Holonyms ("Menziesia" is a member of...):

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)


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