GENUS ULEX

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ulex mean? 

• GENUS ULEX (noun)
  The noun GENUS ULEX has 1 sense:

1. genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse

  Familiarity information: GENUS ULEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ULEX (noun)

Meaning:

Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ulex; Ulex

Hypernyms ("genus Ulex" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ulex"):

furze; gorse; Irish gorse; Ulex europaeus; whin (very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe)

Holonyms ("genus Ulex" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)