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    GENUS PALIURUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Thorny Eurasian shrubsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Paliurus; Paliurus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Paliurus" 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 Paliurus"):

    Christ's-thorn; Jerusalem thorn; Paliurus spina-christi (thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit)

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

    buckthorn family; family Rhamnaceae; Rhamnaceae (trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value)

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