LEITNERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leitneria mean? 

• LEITNERIA (noun)
  The noun LEITNERIA has 1 sense:

1. one species: corkwood

  Familiarity information: LEITNERIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEITNERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: corkwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Leitneria; Leitneria

Hypernyms ("Leitneria" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Leitneria"):

corkwood; corkwood tree; Leitneria floridana (very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood)

Holonyms ("Leitneria" is a member of...):

corkwood family; family Leitneriaceae; Leitneriaceae (coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order)