DABOECIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Daboecia mean? 

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

1. a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DABOECIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Daboecia; genus Daboecia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Daboecia"):

Connemara heath; Daboecia cantabrica; St. Dabeoc's heath (low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple)

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

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)