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GENUS HELLEBORUS

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Meaning:

A genus of Helleborus

Synonyms:

genus Helleborus; Helleborus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Helleborus" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Helleborus"):

hellebore (any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus)

Holonyms ("genus Helleborus" is a member of...):

buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)

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