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GENUS CHAENOMELES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chaenomeles mean?
• GENUS CHAENOMELES (noun)
The noun GENUS CHAENOMELES has 1 sense:
1. flowering quince
Familiarity information: GENUS CHAENOMELES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flowering quince
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chaenomeles; genus Chaenomeles
Hypernyms ("genus Chaenomeles" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Chaenomeles"):
flowering quince (Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms)
Holonyms ("genus Chaenomeles" is a member of...):
family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)
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