STAPHYLEA

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Meaning:

A genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae

Synonyms:

genus Staphylea; Staphylea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Staphylea" 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 ("Staphylea" is a member of...):

bladdernut family; family Staphylaceae; Staphylaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone)

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