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    GENUS PYXIDANTHERA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    One species: pyxie; the eastern United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pyxidanthera; Pyxidanthera

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Pyxidanthera"):

    pixie; pixy; Pyxidanthera barbulata; pyxie (creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas)

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

    diapensia family; Diapensiaceae; family Diapensiaceae (north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales)

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