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GENUS BATIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs
Synonyms:
Batis; genus Batis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Batis" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Batis"):
Batis maritima; saltwort (low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves)
Holonyms ("genus Batis" is a member of...):
Batidaceae; family Batidaceae; saltwort family (family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts)
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