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GENUS CALTHA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Caltha mean?
• GENUS CALTHA (noun)
The noun GENUS CALTHA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Caltha
Familiarity information: GENUS CALTHA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Caltha
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Caltha; genus Caltha
Hypernyms ("genus Caltha" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Caltha"):
Caltha palustris; cowslip; kingcup; marsh marigold; May blob; meadow bright; water dragon (swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups)
Holonyms ("genus Caltha" is a member of...):
buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)
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