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    GENUS CHIMONANTHUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweetplay

    Synonyms:

    Chimonanthus; genus Chimonanthus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Chimonanthus"):

    Chimonanthus praecox; Japan allspice; Japanese allspice; winter sweet (deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers)

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

    Calycanthaceae; calycanthus family; family Calycanthaceae; strawberry-shrub family (shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia)

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