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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 necklaceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ILLECEBRUM (noun)


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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