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GENUS CALYCANTHUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calycanthus mean?

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

1. a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS CALYCANTHUS (noun)

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genus Calycanthus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calycanthus; genus Calycanthus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Calycanthus"):

allspice (deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States)

Holonyms ("genus Calycanthus" 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)

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