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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bassia mean?

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

1. summer cypress

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

Dictionary entry details

• BASSIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Summer cypress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bassia; genus Bassia; genus Kochia; Kochia

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Bassia"):

Bassia scoparia; belvedere; burning bush; fire bush; fire-bush; Kochia scoparia; summer cypress (densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn)

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

Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)

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