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GENUS ABIES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Abies mean?
• GENUS ABIES (noun)
The noun GENUS ABIES has 1 sense:
1. true firs
Familiarity information: GENUS ABIES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
True firs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Abies; genus Abies
Hypernyms ("genus Abies" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Abies"):
fir; fir tree; true fir (any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas)
Holonyms ("genus Abies" is a member of...):
family Pinaceae; Pinaceae; pine family (a family of Pinaceae)
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