Audio English.net » Dictionary » C » Clematis Baldwinii ... Client

CLETHRA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Clethra mean?

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

1. type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet

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

Dictionary entry details

• CLETHRA (noun)

Sense 1

Clethra ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clethra; genus Clethra

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

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

Clethraceae; family Clethraceae; white-alder family (coextensive with the genus Clethra)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"It pays to pay attention." (English proverb)

"Many people, bad assistance" (Breton proverb)

"The old horse in the stable still yearns to run 1000 li." (Chinese proverb)

"Flatter the mother to get the girl." (Corsican proverb)

CLETHRA: related words searches

» dicot genus meaning
» What does family Clethraceae mean?
» white-alder family definition
» Meaning of Clethraceae
» What does magnoliopsid genus mean?

Page delivered in 0.087 seconds