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GENUS COTONEASTER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of deciduous or evergreen Old World shrubs widely cultivated
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Cotoneaster" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cotoneaster"):
cotoneaster (any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits)
Holonyms ("genus Cotoneaster" is a member of...):
family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)