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GENUS DECUMARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Decumaria mean?
• GENUS DECUMARIA (noun)
The noun GENUS DECUMARIA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS DECUMARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Decumaria; genus Decumaria
Hypernyms ("genus Decumaria" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Decumaria"):
Decumaria barbara; Decumaria barbata; decumary (woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters)
Holonyms ("genus Decumaria" is a member of...):
family Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family; Hydrangeaceae (sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae)
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