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GENUS COMANDRA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants
Synonyms:
Comandra; genus Comandra
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Comandra" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Comandra"):
bastard toadflax; Comandra pallida (woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Comandra" is a member of...):
family Santalaceae; sandalwood family; Santalaceae (chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit)