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GENUS CLEMATIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Clematis mean?
• GENUS CLEMATIS (noun)
The noun GENUS CLEMATIS has 1 sense:
1. large genus of deciduous or evergreen woody vines or erect herbs
Familiarity information: GENUS CLEMATIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of deciduous or evergreen woody vines or erect herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Clematis" 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 Clematis"):
clematis (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Clematis" is a member of...):
buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)
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