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CALLUNA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One species

Synonyms:

Calluna; genus Calluna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Calluna"):

broom; Calluna vulgaris; heather; ling; Scots heather (common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere)

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

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)

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