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    ULEX

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorseplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Ulex; Ulex

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Ulex"):

    furze; gorse; Irish gorse; Ulex europaeus; whin (very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe)

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

    Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)

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