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GENUS CHRYSOLEPIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two species: golden chinkapins
Synonyms:
Chrysolepis; genus Chrysolepis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Chrysolepis" is a kind of...):
hamamelid dicot genus (genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)
Meronyms (members of "genus Chrysolepis"):
Castanea chrysophylla; Castanopsis chrysophylla; Chrysolepis chrysophylla; giant chinkapin; golden chinkapin (small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts)
Chrysolepis sempervirens; dwarf golden chinkapin (evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin; mountains of California)
Holonyms ("genus Chrysolepis" is a member of...):
beech family; Fagaceae; family Fagaceae (chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus)
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