GENUS PLAGIANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Plagianthus mean? 

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

1. small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand

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

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• GENUS PLAGIANTHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Plagianthus; Plagianthus

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Plagianthus"):

Plagianthus betulinus; Plagianthus regius; ribbon tree; ribbonwood (deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton)

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

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)