GENUS FOTHERGILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Fothergilla mean? 

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

1. small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS FOTHERGILLA (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fothergilla; genus Fothergilla

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Fothergilla"):

fothergilla; witch alder (any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains)

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

family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family (comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera)