BATIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Batis mean? 

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

1. small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Batis; genus Batis

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Batis"):

Batis maritima; saltwort (low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves)

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

Batidaceae; family Batidaceae; saltwort family (family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts)