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GENUS CHIMONANTHUS

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

1. small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet

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

• GENUS CHIMONANTHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chimonanthus; genus Chimonanthus

Hypernyms ("genus Chimonanthus" 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 Chimonanthus"):

Chimonanthus praecox; Japan allspice; Japanese allspice; winter sweet (deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Chimonanthus" 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)

"Make hay while the sun shines."
(English proverb)
"If a forest catches fire, both the dry and the wet will burn."
(Afghanistan proverb)
"If the people wanted life, destiny better respond."
(Arabic proverb)
"Life does not always go over roses."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of Chimonanthus praecox
Definition of Japan allspice
Pronunciation of Japanese allspice
Definition of Calycanthaceae
Definition of calycanthus family

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