GENUS STYRAX
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Styrax mean? • GENUS STYRAX (noun)
The noun GENUS STYRAX has 1 sense:
1. deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees
Familiarity information: GENUS STYRAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS STYRAX (noun)
Meaning:
Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Styrax" 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 Styrax"):
styrax (any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage)
Holonyms ("genus Styrax" is a member of...):
family Styracaceae; storax family; Styracaceae; styrax family (a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales)
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