CLETHRA

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Meaning:

Type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet

Synonyms:

Clethra; genus Clethra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

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

Clethraceae; family Clethraceae; white-alder family (coextensive with the genus Clethra)