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BRUCKENTHALIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus containing only one species: spike heath

Synonyms:

Bruckenthalia; genus Bruckenthalia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Bruckenthalia"):

Bruckenthalia spiculifolia; spike heath (small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers)

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

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)

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