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GENUS LINNAEA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One species: twinflower

Synonyms:

genus Linnaea; Linnaea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Linnaea"):

Linnaea borealis; twinflower (creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs)

American twinflower; Linnaea borealis americana (similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia)

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

Caprifoliaceae; family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle family (shrubs and small trees and woody vines)

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