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GENUS HALOGETON

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Meaning:

A caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Halogeton"):

halogeton; Halogeton glomeratus (a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content)

barilla; Halogeton souda (Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate)

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

Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)

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