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CASTANOPSIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand
Synonyms:
Castanopsis; genus Castanopsis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Castanopsis" is a kind of...):
hamamelid dicot genus (genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)
Meronyms (members of "Castanopsis"):
oak chestnut (a tree of the genus Castanopsis)
Holonyms ("Castanopsis" is a member of...):
beech family; Fagaceae; family Fagaceae (chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus)
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