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LARREA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Larrea mean?
• LARREA (noun)
The noun LARREA has 1 sense:
1. xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States
Familiarity information: LARREA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Larrea; Larrea
Hypernyms ("Larrea" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Larrea"):
coville; creosote bush; hediondilla; Larrea tridentata (desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("Larrea" is a member of...):
bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea)
Context examples
A naturally occurring antioxidant dicatechol originally derived from the creosote bush Larrea divaricatta with antipromoter, anti-inflammatory, and antineoplastic activities.
(Masoprocol, NCI Thesaurus)
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