CALYCANTHUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Calycanthus mean? • CALYCANTHUS (noun)
The noun CALYCANTHUS has 1 sense:
1. a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice
Familiarity information: CALYCANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CALYCANTHUS (noun)
Meaning:
A magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calycanthus; genus Calycanthus
Hypernyms ("Calycanthus" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Calycanthus"):
allspice (deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States)
Holonyms ("Calycanthus" is a member of...):
Calycanthaceae; calycanthus family; family Calycanthaceae; strawberry-shrub family (shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia)
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