GENUS ATRIPLEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Atriplex mean? 

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

1. orach; saltbush

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ATRIPLEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Orach; saltbush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Atriplex; genus Atriplex

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Atriplex"):

orach; orache (any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes)

saltbush (any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil)

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

Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)