GENUS RICHEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Richea mean? 

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

1. evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS RICHEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Richea; Richea

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Richea"):

Australian grass tree; Richea dracophylla (stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers)

grass tree; Richea pandanifolia; tree heath (gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long)

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

Epacridaceae; epacris family; family Epacridaceae (Australasian shrubs or small trees)