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LARREA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States

Synonyms:

genus Larrea; Larrea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Larrea"):

coville; creosote bush; hediondilla; Larrea tridentata (desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers)

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

bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea)

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