GENUS SCLERANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Scleranthus mean? 

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

1. small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SCLERANTHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Scleranthus; Scleranthus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Scleranthus"):

knawe; knawel; Scleranthus annuus (widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers)

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

carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))