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HETEROMELES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia

Synonyms:

genus Heteromeles; Heteromeles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Heteromeles"):

Christmas berry; Christmasberry; Heteromeles arbutifolia; Photinia arbutifolia; tollon; toyon (ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia)

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

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)

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