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GENUS MALACOTHAMNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Malacothamnus mean? 

GENUS MALACOTHAMNUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS MALACOTHAMNUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallowplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS MALACOTHAMNUS (noun)


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Meaning:

Genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Malacothamnus; Malacothamnus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Malacothamnus"):

chaparral mallow; Malacothamnus fasciculatus; Sphaeralcea fasciculata (shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea)

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

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)


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