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PYXIDANTHERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pyxidanthera mean?
• PYXIDANTHERA (noun)
The noun PYXIDANTHERA has 1 sense:
1. one species: pyxie; the eastern United States
Familiarity information: PYXIDANTHERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: pyxie; the eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pyxidanthera; Pyxidanthera
Hypernyms ("Pyxidanthera" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Pyxidanthera"):
pixie; pixy; Pyxidanthera barbulata; pyxie (creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas)
Holonyms ("Pyxidanthera" is a member of...):
diapensia family; Diapensiaceae; family Diapensiaceae (north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales)
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