GENUS LEUCOTHOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Leucothoe mean? 

• GENUS LEUCOTHOE (noun)
  The noun GENUS LEUCOTHOE has 1 sense:

1. American and Asiatic deciduous and evergreen shrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LEUCOTHOE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American and Asiatic deciduous and evergreen shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Leucothoe" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Leucothoe"):

leucothoe (any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia)

dog hobble; dog laurel; Leucothoe editorum; Leucothoe fontanesiana; switch-ivy (fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers)

Leucothoe racemosa; sweet bells (bushy deciduous shrub of the eastern United States with long racemes of pinkish flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Leucothoe" is a member of...):

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)