GENUS GALAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Galax mean? 

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

1. evergreen herbs of southeastern United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS GALAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen herbs of southeastern United States

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Nouns denoting plants

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Galax"):

beetleweed; coltsfoot; galax; Galax urceolata; galaxy; wandflower (tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall)

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

diapensia family; Diapensiaceae; family Diapensiaceae (north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales)