GENUS DIANTHUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dianthus mean? • GENUS DIANTHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS DIANTHUS has 1 sense:
1. carnations and pinks
Familiarity information: GENUS DIANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS DIANTHUS (noun)
Meaning:
Carnations and pinks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dianthus; genus Dianthus
Hypernyms ("genus Dianthus" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Dianthus"):
garden pink; pink (any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Dianthus" is a member of...):
carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))
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