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DIRCA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood
Synonyms:
Dirca; genus Dirca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dirca" 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)
Meronyms (members of "Dirca"):
Dirca palustris; leatherwood; moose-wood; moosewood; ropebark; wicopy (deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("Dirca" is a member of...):
daphne family; family Thymelaeaceae; Thymelaeaceae (family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa)
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