GENUS ADONIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Adonis mean? 

• GENUS ADONIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ADONIS has 1 sense:

1. annual or perennial herbs

  Familiarity information: GENUS ADONIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ADONIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual or perennial herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Adonis; genus Adonis

Hypernyms ("genus Adonis" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Adonis"):

Adonis annua; pheasant's-eye (Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers)

Holonyms ("genus Adonis" is a member of...):

buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)