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GENUS LEYCESTERIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small species of shrubs of western Himalayas to China

Synonyms:

genus Leycesteria; Leycesteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Leycesteria"):

Himalaya honeysuckle; Leycesteria formosa (shrub honeysuckle with drooping spikes of purplish flowers)

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

Caprifoliaceae; family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle family (shrubs and small trees and woody vines)

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