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GENUS PHOTINIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Photinia mean?
• GENUS PHOTINIA (noun)
The noun GENUS PHOTINIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles
Familiarity information: GENUS PHOTINIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Photinia; Photinia
Hypernyms ("genus Photinia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Holonyms ("genus Photinia" is a member of...):
family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)
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