PALIURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Paliurus mean? 

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

1. thorny Eurasian shrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALIURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thorny Eurasian shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Paliurus; Paliurus

Hypernyms ("Paliurus" 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 "Paliurus"):

Christ's-thorn; Jerusalem thorn; Paliurus spina-christi (thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit)

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

buckthorn family; family Rhamnaceae; Rhamnaceae (trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value)