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GENUS LOMATIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of low-growing evergreens of Chile and Australia; some yield dyes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Lomatia" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lomatia"):
lomatia (any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Lomatia" is a member of...):
family Proteaceae; protea family; Proteaceae (large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales)
