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GENUS ERCILLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ercilla mean?
• GENUS ERCILLA (noun)
The noun GENUS ERCILLA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of evergreen climbers
Familiarity information: GENUS ERCILLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of evergreen climbers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ercilla; genus Ercilla
Hypernyms ("genus Ercilla" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Ercilla" is a member of...):
family Phytolaccaceae; Phytolaccaceae; pokeweed family (chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma)
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