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GENUS MENZIESIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia

Synonyms:

genus Menziesia; Menziesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Menziesia"):

false azalea; fool's huckleberry; Menziesia ferruginea (straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers)

Menziesia pilosa; minnie bush; minniebush (low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs)

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

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)

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