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GENUS CELTIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit
Synonyms:
Celtis; genus Celtis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus Celtis" is a member of...):
elm family; family Ulmaceae; Ulmaceae (a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema)
