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GENUS NERIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nerium mean?
• GENUS NERIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS NERIUM has 1 sense:
1. one species: oleander
Familiarity information: GENUS NERIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: oleander
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Nerium; Nerium
Hypernyms ("genus Nerium" 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 Nerium"):
Nerium oleander; oleander; rose bay (an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions)
Holonyms ("genus Nerium" is a member of...):
Apocynaceae; dogbane family; family Apocynaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs)
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