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CORYLOPSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia
Synonyms:
Corylopsis; genus Corylopsis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Corylopsis" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Corylopsis"):
flowering hazel; winter hazel (any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves)
Holonyms ("Corylopsis" is a member of...):
family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family (comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera)