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PYXIDANTHERA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One species: pyxie; the eastern United States

Synonyms:

genus Pyxidanthera; Pyxidanthera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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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