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FOTHERGILLA

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Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States

Synonyms:

Fothergilla; genus Fothergilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Fothergilla"):

fothergilla; witch alder (any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains)

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

family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family (comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains

Synonyms:

fothergilla; witch alder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

Fothergilla; genus Fothergilla (small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States)

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