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CLETHRA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet
Synonyms:
Clethra; genus Clethra
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Clethra" 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)
Holonyms ("Clethra" is a member of...):
Clethraceae; family Clethraceae; white-alder family (coextensive with the genus Clethra)