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GENUS CALYCANTHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calycanthus mean?
• GENUS CALYCANTHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CALYCANTHUS has 1 sense:
1. a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice
Familiarity information: GENUS CALYCANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calycanthus; genus Calycanthus
Hypernyms ("genus Calycanthus" 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 Calycanthus"):
allspice (deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States)
Holonyms ("genus Calycanthus" is a member of...):
Calycanthaceae; calycanthus family; family Calycanthaceae; strawberry-shrub family (shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia)
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