GENUS PHYTOLACCA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phytolacca mean? 

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

1. type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PHYTOLACCA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Phytolacca; Phytolacca

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phytolacca"):

pokeweed (perennial of the genus Phytolacca)

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

family Phytolaccaceae; Phytolaccaceae; pokeweed family (chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma)