GENUS MALOSMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Malosma mean? 

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

1. one species; often included in the genus Rhus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MALOSMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species; often included in the genus Rhus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Malosma; Malosma

Hypernyms ("genus Malosma" 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 Malosma"):

laurel sumac; Malosma laurina; Rhus laurina (small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus)

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

Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)