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GENUS ENTELEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Entelea mean?
• GENUS ENTELEA (noun)
The noun GENUS ENTELEA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand
Familiarity information: GENUS ENTELEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Entelea; genus Entelea
Hypernyms ("genus Entelea" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Holonyms ("genus Entelea" is a member of...):
family Tiliaceae; linden family; Tiliaceae (chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia)
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