GENUS ELAEAGNUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Elaeagnus mean? • GENUS ELAEAGNUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ELAEAGNUS has 1 sense:
1. oleaster
Familiarity information: GENUS ELAEAGNUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS ELAEAGNUS (noun)
Meaning:
Oleaster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Elaeagnus; genus Elaeagnus
Hypernyms ("genus Elaeagnus" 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 Elaeagnus"):
oleaster (any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits)
Holonyms ("genus Elaeagnus" is a member of...):
Elaeagnaceae; family Elaeagnaceae; oleaster family (shrubs or small trees often armed)
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