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ELAEAGNUS

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

1. oleaster

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

• ELAEAGNUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Oleaster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Elaeagnus; genus Elaeagnus

Hypernyms ("Elaeagnus" 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)

Meronyms (members of "Elaeagnus"):

oleaster (any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits)

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

Elaeagnaceae; family Elaeagnaceae; oleaster family (shrubs or small trees often armed)

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Useful links:
Definition of magnoliopsid genus
Definition of family Elaeagnaceae
Pronunciation of oleaster family
Definition of dicot genus
Pronunciation of oleaster

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