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    GENUS PHYLLODOCE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Phyllodoce; Phyllodoce

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Phyllodoce"):

    Bryanthus taxifolius; mountain heath; Phyllodoce caerulea (small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States)

    Brewer's mountain heather; Phyllodoce breweri; purple heather (semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States)

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

    Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)

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