GENUS RHAMNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rhamnus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS RHAMNUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rhamnus; Rhamnus

Hypernyms ("genus Rhamnus" 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 Rhamnus"):

buckthorn (a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments)

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

buckthorn family; family Rhamnaceae; Rhamnaceae (trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value)