GENUS CARPENTERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Carpenteria mean? 

• GENUS CARPENTERIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CARPENTERIA has 1 sense:

1. one species; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae

  Familiarity information: GENUS CARPENTERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CARPENTERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Carpenteria" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Carpenteria"):

carpenteria; Carpenteria californica (California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Carpenteria" is a member of...):

family Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family; Hydrangeaceae (sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae)