GENUS DIERVILLA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles

Synonyms:

Diervilla; genus Diervilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Diervilla" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Diervilla"):

bush honeysuckle; Diervilla lonicera (spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers)

bush honeysuckle; Diervilla sessilifolia (bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Diervilla" is a member of...):

Caprifoliaceae; family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle family (shrubs and small trees and woody vines)