OSMANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Osmanthus mean? 

• OSMANTHUS (noun)
  The noun OSMANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSMANTHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Osmanthus; Osmanthus

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Osmanthus"):

American olive; devilwood; Osmanthus americanus (small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits)

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

family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)