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DABOECIA

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Meaning:

A dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae

Synonyms:

Daboecia; genus Daboecia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Daboecia"):

Connemara heath; Daboecia cantabrica; St. Dabeoc's heath (low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple)

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

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)

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