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GENUS BUXUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Buxus mean?
• GENUS BUXUS (noun)
The noun GENUS BUXUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Buxaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS BUXUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Buxaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Buxus; genus Buxus
Hypernyms ("genus Buxus" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Buxus"):
box; boxwood (evergreen shrubs or small trees)
Holonyms ("genus Buxus" is a member of...):
box family; Buxaceae; family Buxaceae (widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees)
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