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GENUS BASSIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bassia mean?
• GENUS BASSIA (noun)
The noun GENUS BASSIA has 1 sense:
1. summer cypress
Familiarity information: GENUS BASSIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Summer cypress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bassia; genus Bassia; genus Kochia; Kochia
Hypernyms ("genus Bassia" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bassia"):
Bassia scoparia; belvedere; burning bush; fire-bush; fire bush; Kochia scoparia; summer cypress (densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn)
Holonyms ("genus Bassia" is a member of...):
Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)
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