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GENUS CHIMONANTHUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chimonanthus mean?

• 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.

Dictionary entry details

• 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)

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