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LARREA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Larrea mean?

• LARREA (noun)
The noun LARREA has 1 sense:

1. xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States

Familiarity information: LARREA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LARREA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Larrea; Larrea

Hypernyms ("Larrea" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Larrea"):

coville; creosote bush; hediondilla; Larrea tridentata (desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Larrea" is a member of...):

bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea)

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