GENUS ASPALATHUS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aspalathus mean? 

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

1. genus of South African heathlike shrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ASPALATHUS (noun)

Meaning:

Genus of South African heathlike shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aspalathus; genus Aspalathus

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aspalathus"):

Aspalathus cedcarbergensis; Aspalathus linearis; rooibos (South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea)

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

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)