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GENUS MYRICARIA

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Meaning:

Small genus of deciduous shrubs or subshrubs of southern Europe to Siberia and China; tolerant of chalky soil

Synonyms:

genus Myricaria; Myricaria

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Myricaria"):

false tamarisk; German tamarisk; Myricaria germanica (Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk)

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

family Tamaricaceae; Tamaricaceae; tamarisk family (family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes))

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