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    OSMANTHUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japanplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Osmanthus; Osmanthus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Osmanthus" 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 "Osmanthus"):

    American olive; devilwood; Osmanthus americanus (small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits)

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

    family Oleaceae; Oleaceae; olive family (trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac)

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