GENUS MONSTERA

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Meaning:

Tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves

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Nouns denoting plants

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Monstera"):

monstera (any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants)

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

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)

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