ASTROLOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Astroloma mean? 

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

1. evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASTROLOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Astroloma; genus Astroloma

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Astroloma"):

Astroloma humifusum; cranberry heath; ground-berry; groundberry; native cranberry; Styphelia humifusum (small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia)

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

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