CORYLOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Corylopsis mean? 

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

1. small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORYLOPSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Corylopsis; genus Corylopsis

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Corylopsis"):

flowering hazel; winter hazel (any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves)

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

family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family (comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera)