CALYCANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calycanthus mean? 

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

1. a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALYCANTHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

A magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calycanthus; genus Calycanthus

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

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Calycanthus"):

allspice (deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States)

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

Calycanthaceae; calycanthus family; family Calycanthaceae; strawberry-shrub family (shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia)