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    GENUS MYRICA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Deciduous aromatic shrubs or small treesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Myrica; Myrica

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Myrica"):

    Myrica gale; Scotch gale; sweet gale (bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves)

    wax myrtle (any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries)

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

    family Myricaceae; Myricaceae; wax-myrtle family (constituting the order Myricales)

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