STYRAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does styrax mean? 

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

1. any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STYRAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "styrax"):

snowbell; Styrax obassia (small tree native to Japan)

Japanese snowbell; Styrax japonicum (shrubby tree of China and Japan)

Styrax texana; Texas snowbell; Texas snowbells (styrax of southwestern United States; a threatened species)

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

genus Styrax (deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees)