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CERCIDIPHYLLUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
Cercidiphyllum; genus Cercidiphyllum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cercidiphyllum" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Cercidiphyllum"):
Cercidiphyllum japonicum; katsura tree (rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn)
Holonyms ("Cercidiphyllum" is a member of...):
Cercidiphyllaceae; family Cercidiphyllaceae (one genus)