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AEONIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aeonium mean?
• AEONIUM (noun)
The noun AEONIUM has 1 sense:
1. a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae
Familiarity information: AEONIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aeonium; genus Aeonium
Hypernyms ("Aeonium" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Aeonium"):
Aeonium haworthii; pinwheel (perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels)
Holonyms ("Aeonium" is a member of...):
Crassulaceae; family Crassulaceae; stonecrop family (succulent shrubs and herbs)
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