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GENUS ERODIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Erodium mean?
• GENUS ERODIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS ERODIUM has 1 sense:
1. geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions
Familiarity information: GENUS ERODIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Erodium; genus Erodium
Hypernyms ("genus Erodium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Erodium"):
heron's bill; storksbill (any of various plants of the genus Erodium)
Holonyms ("genus Erodium" is a member of...):
family Geraniaceae; Geraniaceae; geranium family (chiefly herbaceous plants)
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