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GENUS LEDUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions
Synonyms:
genus Ledum; Ledum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Ledum" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ledum"):
crystal tea; Labrador tea; Ledum groenlandicum (evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution)
glandular Labrador tea; trapper's tea (a Rocky Mountain shrub similar to Ledum groenlandicum)
Ledum palustre; marsh tea; wild rosemary (bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan)
Holonyms ("genus Ledum" is a member of...):
Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)
