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GENUS MONESES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus Pyrola

Synonyms:

genus Moneses; Moneses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Moneses"):

Moneses uniflora; one-flowered pyrola; one-flowered wintergreen; Pyrola uniflora (delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola)

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

family Pyrolaceae; Pyrolaceae; wintergreen family (evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia)

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