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STAPHYLEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Staphylea mean?
• STAPHYLEA (noun)
The noun STAPHYLEA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae
Familiarity information: STAPHYLEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Staphylea; Staphylea
Hypernyms ("Staphylea" 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)
Holonyms ("Staphylea" is a member of...):
bladdernut family; family Staphylaceae; Staphylaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone)
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