GENUS EPACRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Epacris mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Epacridaceae: Australian heath

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS EPACRIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Epacridaceae: Australian heath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Epacris"):

epacris (any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers)

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

Epacridaceae; epacris family; family Epacridaceae (Australasian shrubs or small trees)