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GENUS HOVEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hovea mean?
• GENUS HOVEA (noun)
The noun GENUS HOVEA has 1 sense:
1. genus of Australian evergreen shrubs
Familiarity information: GENUS HOVEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Australian evergreen shrubs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Hovea" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hovea"):
hovea; purple pea (any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets)
Holonyms ("genus Hovea" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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