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GENUS CHIONANTHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chionanthus mean?
• GENUS CHIONANTHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CHIONANTHUS has 1 sense:
1. deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree
Familiarity information: GENUS CHIONANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chionanthus; genus Chionanthus
Hypernyms ("genus Chionanthus" 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 Chionanthus"):
fringe tree (any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus)
Holonyms ("genus Chionanthus" is a member of...):
family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)
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