LORANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Loranthus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LORANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Loranthus; Loranthus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Loranthus"):

Loranthus europaeus; mistletoe (shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks)

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

family Loranthaceae; Loranthaceae; mistletoe family (in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria)