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GENUS SALICORNIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Salicornia mean?
• GENUS SALICORNIA (noun)
The noun GENUS SALICORNIA has 1 sense:
1. glassworts
Familiarity information: GENUS SALICORNIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Glassworts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Salicornia; Salicornia
Hypernyms ("genus Salicornia" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Salicornia"):
glasswort; Salicornia europaea; samphire (fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass)
Holonyms ("genus Salicornia" is a member of...):
Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)
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