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GENUS ANDROMEDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low-growing shrubs of northern regions of northern hemisphere
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Andromeda" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Andromeda"):
andromeda (any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Andromeda" is a member of...):
Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)