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GENUS SHORTIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Shortia mean?
• GENUS SHORTIA (noun)
The noun GENUS SHORTIA has 1 sense:
1. evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells
Familiarity information: GENUS SHORTIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Shortia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Shortia"):
shortia (any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Shortia" is a member of...):
diapensia family; Diapensiaceae; family Diapensiaceae (north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales)
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