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GENUS TEMPLETONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Templetonia mean?
• GENUS TEMPLETONIA (noun)
The noun GENUS TEMPLETONIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush
Familiarity information: GENUS TEMPLETONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Templetonia; Templetonia
Hypernyms ("genus Templetonia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Templetonia"):
coral bush; flame bush; Templetonia retusa (Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Templetonia" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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