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BASSIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Summer cypress

Synonyms:

Bassia; genus Bassia; genus Kochia; Kochia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Bassia"):

Bassia scoparia; belvedere; burning bush; fire-bush; fire bush; Kochia scoparia; summer cypress (densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn)

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

Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)

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