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GENUS LINDERA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America

Synonyms:

genus Lindera; Lindera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Lindera" 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 Lindera"):

American spicebush; Benjamin bush; Benzoin odoriferum; Lindera benzoin; spice bush; spicebush (deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries)

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

family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family (a family of Lauraceae)

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