GENUS SASSAFRAS
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sassafras mean? • GENUS SASSAFRAS (noun)
The noun GENUS SASSAFRAS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of sassafras
Familiarity information: GENUS SASSAFRAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS SASSAFRAS (noun)
Meaning:
A genus of sassafras
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Sassafras" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sassafras"):
sassafras; Sassafras albidum; sassafras tree (yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America)
Holonyms ("genus Sassafras" is a member of...):
family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family (a family of Lauraceae)
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