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GENUS PETTERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Petteria mean?
• GENUS PETTERIA (noun)
The noun GENUS PETTERIA has 1 sense:
1. one species: Dalmatian laburnum
Familiarity information: GENUS PETTERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: Dalmatian laburnum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Petteria; Petteria
Hypernyms ("genus Petteria" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Petteria"):
Cytisus ramentaceus; Dalmatian laburnum; Petteria ramentacea (erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus)
Holonyms ("genus Petteria" is a member of...):
Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)
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