GENUS DAPHNE
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Daphne mean? • GENUS DAPHNE (noun)
The noun GENUS DAPHNE has 1 sense:
1. usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs
Familiarity information: GENUS DAPHNE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS DAPHNE (noun)
Meaning:
Usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Daphne" 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)
Meronyms (members of "genus Daphne"):
daphne (any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Daphne" is a member of...):
daphne family; family Thymelaeaceae; Thymelaeaceae (family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa)
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