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GENUS CLETHRA

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

1. type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet

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

• GENUS CLETHRA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clethra; genus Clethra

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

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

Clethraceae; family Clethraceae; white-alder family (coextensive with the genus Clethra)

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