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GENUS LEITNERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Leitneria mean?
• GENUS LEITNERIA (noun)
The noun GENUS LEITNERIA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: GENUS LEITNERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: corkwood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Leitneria; Leitneria
Hypernyms ("genus Leitneria" 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)
Meronyms (members of "genus Leitneria"):
corkwood; corkwood tree; Leitneria floridana (very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood)
Holonyms ("genus Leitneria" is a member of...):
corkwood family; family Leitneriaceae; Leitneriaceae (coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order)
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