FORESTIERA

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Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Forestiera

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Nouns denoting plants

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forestiera"):

desert olive; Forestiera neomexicana; tanglebush (spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits)

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

genus Forestiera (genus of often spiny American shrubs and trees)

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