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CHLORANTHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chloranthus mean?
• CHLORANTHUS (noun)
The noun CHLORANTHUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Chloranthaceae
Familiarity information: CHLORANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Chloranthaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chloranthus; genus Chloranthus
Hypernyms ("Chloranthus" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Holonyms ("Chloranthus" is a member of...):
Chloranthaceae; family Chloranthaceae (small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees)
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