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GENUS JUNIPERUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Juniperus mean?
• GENUS JUNIPERUS (noun)
The noun GENUS JUNIPERUS has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: GENUS JUNIPERUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Junipers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Juniperus; Juniperus
Hypernyms ("genus Juniperus" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Juniperus"):
juniper (coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones)
pencil cedar; pencil cedar tree (any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils)
Bermuda cedar; Juniperus bermudiana (ornamental densely pyramidal juniper of Bermuda; fairly large for a juniper)
east African cedar; Juniperus procera (tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood)
Holonyms ("genus Juniperus" is a member of...):
Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)
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