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RHODOSPHAERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhodosphaera mean? 

RHODOSPHAERA (noun)
  The noun RHODOSPHAERA has 1 sense:

1. one species; an Australian evergreen sumacplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


RHODOSPHAERA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One species; an Australian evergreen sumac

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rhodosphaera; Rhodosphaera

Hypernyms ("Rhodosphaera" 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 "Rhodosphaera"):

Australian sumac; Rhodosphaera rhodanthema; Rhus rhodanthema (evergreen of Australia yielding a dark yellow wood)

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

Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)


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