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GENUS HAMAMELIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hamamelis mean?
• GENUS HAMAMELIS (noun)
The noun GENUS HAMAMELIS has 1 sense:
1. deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel
Familiarity information: GENUS HAMAMELIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Hamamelis; Hamamelis
Hypernyms ("genus Hamamelis" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hamamelis"):
witch hazel; witch hazel plant; wych hazel; wych hazel plant (any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion)
Holonyms ("genus Hamamelis" is a member of...):
family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family (comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera)
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