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GENUS DABOECIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Daboecia mean?
• GENUS DABOECIA (noun)
The noun GENUS DABOECIA has 1 sense:
1. a dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS DABOECIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Daboecia; genus Daboecia
Hypernyms ("genus Daboecia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Daboecia"):
Connemara heath; Daboecia cantabrica; St. Dabeoc's heath (low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple)
Holonyms ("genus Daboecia" is a member of...):
Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)
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