PLAGIANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Plagianthus mean? 

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

1. small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLAGIANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Plagianthus; Plagianthus

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Plagianthus"):

Plagianthus betulinus; Plagianthus regius; ribbon tree; ribbonwood (deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton)

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

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)