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    GENUS CASSIOPE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    Cassiope; genus Cassiope

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Cassiope" is a kind of...):

    dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Cassiope"):

    Cassiope mertensiana; white heather (heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers)

    Holonyms ("genus Cassiope" is a member of...):

    Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)

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