GENUS ELAEAGNUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Oleaster

Synonyms:

Elaeagnus; genus Elaeagnus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Elaeagnus"):

oleaster (any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits)

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

Elaeagnaceae; family Elaeagnaceae; oleaster family (shrubs or small trees often armed)