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SYMPLOCUS

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Meaning:

Type and sole genus of Symplocaceae including sweetleaf

Synonyms:

genus Symplocus; Symplocus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Symplocus" 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 "Symplocus"):

sweetleaf; Symplocus tinctoria (small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye)

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

family Symplocaceae; sweetleaf family; Symplocaceae (a dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales)

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