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GENUS ILLECEBRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Illecebrum mean?
• GENUS ILLECEBRUM (noun)
The noun GENUS ILLECEBRUM has 1 sense:
1. one species: coral necklace
Familiarity information: GENUS ILLECEBRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: coral necklace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Illecebrum; Illecebrum
Hypernyms ("genus Illecebrum" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Illecebrum"):
coral necklace; Illecebrum verticullatum (glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas)
Holonyms ("genus Illecebrum" is a member of...):
carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))
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