CHRYSOLEPIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chrysolepis mean? 

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

1. two species: golden chinkapins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRYSOLEPIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Two species: golden chinkapins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysolepis; genus Chrysolepis

Hypernyms ("Chrysolepis" is a kind of...):

hamamelid dicot genus (genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)

Meronyms (members of "Chrysolepis"):

Castanea chrysophylla; Castanopsis chrysophylla; Chrysolepis chrysophylla; giant chinkapin; golden chinkapin (small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts)

Chrysolepis sempervirens; dwarf golden chinkapin (evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin; mountains of California)

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

beech family; Fagaceae; family Fagaceae (chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus)