HAMAMELIDOXYLON

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Meaning:

Genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel

Synonyms:

genus Hamamelidoxylon; Hamamelidoxylon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hamamelidoxylon" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Holonyms ("Hamamelidoxylon" is a member of...):

Hamamelidae; subclass Hamamelidae (a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder)

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