GENUS LEDUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ledum mean? 

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

1. evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LEDUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ledum; Ledum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Ledum"):

crystal tea; Labrador tea; Ledum groenlandicum (evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution)

glandular Labrador tea; trapper's tea (a Rocky Mountain shrub similar to Ledum groenlandicum)

Ledum palustre; marsh tea; wild rosemary (bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan)

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

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)