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GENUS SCIADOPITYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sciadopitys mean?
• GENUS SCIADOPITYS (noun)
The noun GENUS SCIADOPITYS has 1 sense:
1. type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines
Familiarity information: GENUS SCIADOPITYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Sciadopitys; Sciadopitys
Hypernyms ("genus Sciadopitys" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sciadopitys"):
Japanese umbrella pine; Sciadopitys verticillata (tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs)
Holonyms ("genus Sciadopitys" is a member of...):
family Sciadopityaceae; Sciadopityaceae (family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae)
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