chimonanthus

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1. small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	chimonanthus praecox, japan allspice, japanese allspice, winter sweet,
definition	:	deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	calycanthaceae, calycanthus family, family calycanthaceae, strawberry-shrub family,
definition	:	shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia (noun.plant)