GENUS HAMAMELIDANTHUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hamamelidanthum mean? 

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

1. genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HAMAMELIDANTHUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hamamelidanthum; Hamamelidanthum

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

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

Hamamelidae; subclass Hamamelidae (a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder)