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GENUS LEITNERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Leitneria mean? 

GENUS LEITNERIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS LEITNERIA has 1 sense:

1. one species: corkwoodplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS LEITNERIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: corkwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Leitneria; Leitneria

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Leitneria"):

corkwood; corkwood tree; Leitneria floridana (very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood)

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

corkwood family; family Leitneriaceae; Leitneriaceae (coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order)


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