CHIMONANTHUS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chimonanthus mean? 

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

1. small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIMONANTHUS (noun)

Meaning:

Small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chimonanthus; genus Chimonanthus

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

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Chimonanthus"):

Chimonanthus praecox; Japan allspice; Japanese allspice; winter sweet (deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Chimonanthus" 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)