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HEDERA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Old World woody vines

Synonyms:

genus Hedera; Hedera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hedera" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Hedera"):

common ivy; English ivy; Hedera helix; ivy (Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits)

Holonyms ("Hedera" is a member of...):

Araliaceae; family Araliaceae; ivy family (mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera)

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