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GENUS ARENARIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turnstones
Synonyms:
Arenaria; genus Arenaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Arenaria" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Arenaria"):
turnstone (migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food)
Holonyms ("genus Arenaria" is a member of...):
Charadriidae; family Charadriidae (plover family)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sandworts
Synonyms:
Arenaria; genus Arenaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Arenaria" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Arenaria"):
sandwort (low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens)
Holonyms ("genus Arenaria" is a member of...):
carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))
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