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    GENUS LARREA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Larrea; Larrea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Larrea"):

    coville; creosote bush; hediondilla; Larrea tridentata (desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers)

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

    bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea)

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