GENUS RHODODENDRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rhododendron mean? 

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

1. large genus of evergreen shrubs native to cooler regions of the northern hemisphere having showy flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS RHODODENDRON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of evergreen shrubs native to cooler regions of the northern hemisphere having showy flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Rhododendron"):

rhododendron (any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers)

Azaleastrum; subgenus Azalea; subgenus Azaleastrum (group of evergreen or deciduous shrubs formerly considered a separate genus; now included in the genus Rhododendron)

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

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)