GENUS CHLORANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chloranthus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Chloranthaceae

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

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• GENUS CHLORANTHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Chloranthaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chloranthus; genus Chloranthus

Hypernyms ("genus Chloranthus" 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)

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

Chloranthaceae; family Chloranthaceae (small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees)