GENUS HALOCARPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Halocarpus mean? 

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

1. dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HALOCARPUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Halocarpus; Halocarpus

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

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Halocarpus"):

Dacrydium bidwilli; Halocarpus bidwilli; New Zealand mountain pine; tar-wood; tarwood (New Zealand shrub)

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

family Podocarpaceae; Podocarpaceae; podocarpus family (gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves)