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GENUS PYXIDANTHERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: pyxie; the eastern United States
Synonyms:
genus Pyxidanthera; Pyxidanthera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Pyxidanthera" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pyxidanthera"):
pixie; pixy; Pyxidanthera barbulata; pyxie (creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas)
Holonyms ("genus Pyxidanthera" is a member of...):
diapensia family; Diapensiaceae; family Diapensiaceae (north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales)
