LEPIDOTHAMNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lepidothamnus mean? 

• LEPIDOTHAMNUS (noun)
  The noun LEPIDOTHAMNUS has 1 sense:

1. small usually shrubby conifers

  Familiarity information: LEPIDOTHAMNUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEPIDOTHAMNUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small usually shrubby conifers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lepidothamnus; Lepidothamnus

Hypernyms ("Lepidothamnus" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Lepidothamnus"):

Chilean rimu; Lepidothamnus fonkii (about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile)

Dacridium laxifolius; Lepidothamnus laxifolius; mountain rimu (low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand)

Holonyms ("Lepidothamnus" is a member of...):

family Podocarpaceae; Podocarpaceae; podocarpus family (gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves)