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CELTIS

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Meaning:

Large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit

Synonyms:

Celtis; genus Celtis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Celtis"):

hackberry; nettle tree (any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits)

Celtis australis; European hackberry; Mediterranean hackberry (bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe)

American hackberry; Celtis occidentalis (large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries)

Celtis laevigata; sugarberry (deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood)

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

elm family; family Ulmaceae; Ulmaceae (a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema)

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