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GENUS SPIRAEA

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Meaning:

A dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae

Synonyms:

genus Spiraea; Spiraea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Spiraea"):

spiraea; spirea (any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers)

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

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)

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