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GENUS ABIES

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Abies mean?

• GENUS ABIES (noun)
The noun GENUS ABIES has 1 sense:

1. true firs

Familiarity information: GENUS ABIES used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS ABIES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

True firs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Abies; genus Abies

Hypernyms ("genus Abies" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Abies"):

fir; fir tree; true fir (any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas)

Holonyms ("genus Abies" is a member of...):

family Pinaceae; Pinaceae; pine family (a family of Pinaceae)

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