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GENUS PLANERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Planera mean?
• GENUS PLANERA (noun)
The noun GENUS PLANERA has 1 sense:
1. a deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States
Familiarity information: GENUS PLANERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Planera; Planera
Hypernyms ("genus Planera" 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)
Holonyms ("genus Planera" is a member of...):
elm family; family Ulmaceae; Ulmaceae (a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema)
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