GENUS RHAMNUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rhamnus mean? • GENUS RHAMNUS (noun)
The noun GENUS RHAMNUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns
Familiarity information: GENUS RHAMNUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS RHAMNUS (noun)
Meaning:
Type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Rhamnus; Rhamnus
Hypernyms ("genus Rhamnus" 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 Rhamnus"):
buckthorn (a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments)
Holonyms ("genus Rhamnus" is a member of...):
buckthorn family; family Rhamnaceae; Rhamnaceae (trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value)
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