GENUS DRYPIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Drypis mean? 

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

1. one species

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DRYPIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Drypis" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Drypis"):

drypis (spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers)

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

carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))