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SORBUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sorbus mean?
• SORBUS (noun)
The noun SORBUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves
Familiarity information: SORBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Sorbus; Sorbus
Hypernyms ("Sorbus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Sorbus"):
mountain ash (any of various trees of the genus Sorbus)
Holonyms ("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)
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