dicot genus
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1. genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | genus, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | magnoliid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | hamamelid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | caryophylloid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dilleniid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | asterid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus myrica, myrica, |
| definition | : | deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | adenium, genus adenium, |
| definition | : | one species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus allamanda, |
| definition | : | genus of tropical American woody vines (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | alstonia, genus alstonia, |
| definition | : | genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | amsonia, genus amsonia, |
| definition | : | genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus carissa, |
| definition | : | Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | catharanthus, genus catharanthus, |
| definition | : | small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus plumeria, plumeria, plumiera, |
| definition | : | deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus strophanthus, |
| definition | : | genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus thevetia, thevetia, |
| definition | : | genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus vinca, vinca, |
| definition | : | periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus nopalea, nopalea, |
| definition | : | a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus primula, |
| definition | : | very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus cyclamen, |
| definition | : | genus of widely cultivated flowering Eurasian herbs with centrally depressed rounded tubers and rounded heart-shaped leaves (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus lysimachia, lysimachia, |
| definition | : | loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus samolus, samolus, |
| definition | : | genus of herbs usually growing in salt marshes: water pimpernels (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus myrsine, myrsine, |
| definition | : | evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage; Africa; Asia (New Zealand) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ardisia, genus ardisia, |
| definition | : | tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus plumbago, |
| definition | : | shrubs and herbs and woody vines of warm regions: leadwort (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | armeria, genus armeria, |
| definition | : | shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus bryonia, |
| definition | : | climbing perennial herbs: bryony (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | citrullus, genus citrullus, |
| definition | : | a dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus luffa, |
| definition | : | dishcloth gourds (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | goodenia, |
| definition | : | a genus of shrubs and herbs that grow in Australia and New Guinea and Malaysia and southeast Asia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus lobelia, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bartle frere, genus bartle-frere, green dinosaur, |
| definition | : | a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur'; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus protea, |
| definition | : | type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus banksia, |
| definition | : | important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | embothrium, genus embothrium, |
| definition | : | small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus grevillea, |
| definition | : | large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus hakea, hakea, |
| definition | : | Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus knightia, knightia, |
| definition | : | small genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus leucadendron, leucadendron, |
| definition | : | large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus lomatia, |
| definition | : | small genus of low-growing evergreens of Chile and Australia; some yield dyes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus macadamia, |
| definition | : | trees or shrubs; Madagascar to Australia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus orites, orites, |
| definition | : | small genus of Australian shrubs or trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus xylomelum, xylomelum, |
| definition | : | small species of Australian trees or shrubs; grown for their fruit and flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus casuarina, |
| definition | : | genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | clethra, genus clethra, |
| definition | : | type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | centaurium, genus centaurium, |
| definition | : | genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | eustoma, genus eustoma, |
| definition | : | small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | exacum, genus exacum, |
| definition | : | genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | frasera, genus frasera, |
| definition | : | genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gentiana, genus gentiana, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gentianella, genus gentianella, |
| definition | : | genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus halenia, halenia, |
| definition | : | genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus sabbatia, |
| definition | : | genus of smooth slender North American herbs with showy flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus swertia, swertia, |
| definition | : | genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus salvadora, salvadora, |
| definition | : | genus of evergreen trees or shrubs; fruit is a drupe; grows in Africa through Arabia to India and China (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus olea, olea, |
| definition | : | evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus forestiera, |
| definition | : | genus of often spiny American shrubs and trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus jasminum, jasminum, |
| definition | : | shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus osmanthus, osmanthus, |
| definition | : | widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus syringa, syringa, |
| definition | : | genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus hamamelidanthum, hamamelidanthum, |
| definition | : | genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | carya, genus carya, |
| definition | : | genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus combretum, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | eugenia, genus eugenia, |
| definition | : | tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus feijoa, |
| definition | : | small South American shrubs or trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus jambos, jambos, |
| definition | : | used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus eucalyptus, |
| definition | : | tall trees native to the Australian region; source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus syzygium, syzygium, |
| definition | : | a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus nyssa, nyssa, |
| definition | : | tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus fuchsia, |
| definition | : | large genus of decorative tropical shrubs with pendulous tetramerous flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus punica, punica, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the family Punicaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus rhizophora, rhizophora, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus daphne, |
| definition | : | usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dirca, genus dirca, |
| definition | : | deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus trapa, trapa, |
| definition | : | small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs: water chestnut (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus urtica, urtica, |
| definition | : | a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus pilea, pilea, |
| definition | : | low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus pipturus, pipturus, |
| definition | : | an Australian genus of woody plants of the family Urticaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus cannabis, |
| definition | : | hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions; in some classifications included in the family Moraceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus humulus, humulus, |
| definition | : | hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap; in some classifications included in the family Urticaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus morus, morus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | artocarpus, genus artocarpus, |
| definition | : | evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ficus, genus ficus, |
| definition | : | large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cecropia, genus cecropia, |
| definition | : | large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus ulmus, ulmus, |
| definition | : | type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | celtis, genus celtis, |
| definition | : | large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus planera, planera, |
| definition | : | a deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus trema, trema, |
| definition | : | an evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus logania, logania, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Loganiaceae; Australian and New Zealand shrubs sometimes cultivated for their flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus buddleia, |
| definition | : | shrubs or trees of warm regions (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus plantago, plantago, |
| definition | : | type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus polygonum, polygonum, |
| definition | : | diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fagopyrum, genus fagopyrum, |
| definition | : | buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus eriogonum, |
| definition | : | North American herbs of the buckwheat family (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus rumex, rumex, |
| definition | : | docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | blighia, genus blighia, |
| definition | : | small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus harpullia, |
| definition | : | genus of tropical Asiatic and African trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus nephelium, nephelium, |
| definition | : | a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus pachysandra, |
| definition | : | evergreen perennial procumbent subshrubs or herbs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | celastrus, genus celastrus, |
| definition | : | genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | euonymus, genus euonymus, |
| definition | : | widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus cyrilla, |
| definition | : | one species: trees and shrubs having flowers with acute or twisted petals and wingless fruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | acer, genus acer, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dipteronia, genus dipteronia, |
| definition | : | small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus ilex, ilex, |
| definition | : | a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | astronium, genus astronium, |
| definition | : | a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus malosma, malosma, |
| definition | : | one species; often included in the genus Rhus (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus pistacia, pistacia, |
| definition | : | a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus rhus, rhus, |
| definition | : | deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus schinus, schinus, |
| definition | : | genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus toxicodendron, toxicodendron, |
| definition | : | in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | aesculus, genus aesculus, |
| definition | : | deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America; southeastern Europe; eastern Asia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | diospyros, genus diospyros, |
| definition | : | a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | achras, genus achras, |
| definition | : | tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bumelia, genus bumelia, |
| definition | : | deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus manilkara, manilkara, |
| definition | : | genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus palaquium, palaquium, |
| definition | : | large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus payena, payena, |
| definition | : | genus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus pouteria, pouteria, |
| definition | : | tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus styrax, |
| definition | : | deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus halesia, halesia, |
| definition | : | deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | drosera, genus drosera, |
| definition | : | the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus roridula, |
| definition | : | insectivorous undershrubs of South Africa; in some classifications placed in the family Droseraceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cordia, genus cordia, |
| definition | : | tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus convolvulus, |
| definition | : | genus of mostly climbing or scrambling herbs and shrubs: bindweed (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cuscuta, genus cuscuta, |
| definition | : | genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus dichondra, |
| definition | : | genus of chiefly tropical prostrate perennial herbs with creeping stems that root at the nodes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus monardella, monardella, |
| definition | : | a genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | colubrina, genus colubrina, |
| definition | : | mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus ziziphus, ziziphus, |
| definition | : | spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus vitis, vitis, |
| definition | : | the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus piper, piper, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus peperomia, |
| definition | : | large genus of small tropical usually succulent herbs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | asclepias, genus asclepias, |
| definition | : | genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | araujia, genus araujia, |
| definition | : | small genus of South American evergreen vines (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus cynancum, |
| definition | : | genus of perennial tropical African lianas (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus hoya, |
| definition | : | large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus sarcostemma, sarcostemma, |
| definition | : | succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus stapelia, |
| definition | : | genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East India (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus stephanotis, |
| definition | : | genus of Old World tropical woody vines (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus vincetoxicum, vincetoxicum, |
| definition | : | genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida, |
| definition | : | comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae (noun.plant) |
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