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GENUS HALOGETON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Halogeton mean?
• GENUS HALOGETON (noun)
The noun GENUS HALOGETON has 1 sense:
1. a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS HALOGETON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Halogeton" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Halogeton"):
halogeton; Halogeton glomeratus (a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content)
barilla; Halogeton souda (Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate)
Holonyms ("genus Halogeton" is a member of...):
Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)
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