GENUS SORBUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sorbus mean? 

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

1. a genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SORBUS (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sorbus; Sorbus

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sorbus"):

mountain ash (any of various trees of the genus Sorbus)

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

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)