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GENUS KALMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Kalmia mean?
• GENUS KALMIA (noun)
The noun GENUS KALMIA has 1 sense:
1. erect evergreen shrubs: mountain laurel
Familiarity information: GENUS KALMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect evergreen shrubs: mountain laurel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Kalmia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Kalmia"):
kalmia (any plant of the genus Kalmia)
Holonyms ("genus Kalmia" is a member of...):
Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)
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