GENUS PINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pinus mean? 

• GENUS PINUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS PINUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PINUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pinus; Pinus

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

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pinus"):

pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)

pinon; pinyon (any of several low-growing pines of western North America)

Mexican nut pine; pinon pine; Pinus cembroides (a small two-needled or three-needled pinon of Mexico and southern Texas)

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

family Pinaceae; Pinaceae; pine family (a family of Pinaceae)