FRAXINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fraxinus mean? 

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

1. ash

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRAXINUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fraxinus; genus Fraxinus

Hypernyms ("Fraxinus" 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)

Meronyms (members of "Fraxinus"):

ash; ash tree (any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus)

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

family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)