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GENUS MONSTERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Monstera mean?
• GENUS MONSTERA (noun)
The noun GENUS MONSTERA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves
Familiarity information: GENUS MONSTERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Monstera" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Monstera"):
monstera (any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants)
Holonyms ("genus Monstera" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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