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RHAMNUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns

Synonyms:

genus Rhamnus; Rhamnus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Rhamnus" 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)

Meronyms (members of "Rhamnus"):

buckthorn (a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments)

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

buckthorn family; family Rhamnaceae; Rhamnaceae (trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value)

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