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    GENUS CELTIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    Celtis; genus Celtis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Celtis" 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 "genus Celtis"):

    hackberry; nettle tree (any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits)

    Celtis australis; European hackberry; Mediterranean hackberry (bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe)

    American hackberry; Celtis occidentalis (large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries)

    Celtis laevigata; sugarberry (deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood)

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

    elm family; family Ulmaceae; Ulmaceae (a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema)

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