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GENUS EPIGAEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Epigaea mean?
• GENUS EPIGAEA (noun)
The noun GENUS EPIGAEA has 1 sense:
1. small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus
Familiarity information: GENUS EPIGAEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Epigaea; genus Epigaea
Hypernyms ("genus Epigaea" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Holonyms ("genus Epigaea" is a member of...):
Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)
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"At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend." (Arabic proverb)
"When two dogs fight over a bone, a third one carries it away." (Dutch proverb)