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GENUS ANTHURIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Anthurium mean?
• GENUS ANTHURIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS ANTHURIUM has 1 sense:
1. large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants
Familiarity information: GENUS ANTHURIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Anthurium" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Anthurium"):
anthurium; tail-flower; tailflower (any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Anthurium" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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