GENUS ANDROMEDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Andromeda mean? 

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

1. low-growing shrubs of northern regions of northern hemisphere

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ANDROMEDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low-growing shrubs of northern regions of northern hemisphere

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Andromeda"):

andromeda (any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers)

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

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)