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GENUS CORYLOPSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Corylopsis mean?
• GENUS CORYLOPSIS (noun)
The noun GENUS CORYLOPSIS has 1 sense:
1. small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia
Familiarity information: GENUS CORYLOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Corylopsis; genus Corylopsis
Hypernyms ("genus Corylopsis" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Corylopsis"):
flowering hazel; winter hazel (any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves)
Holonyms ("genus Corylopsis" is a member of...):
family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family (comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera)
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