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GENUS FOTHERGILLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States
Synonyms:
Fothergilla; genus Fothergilla
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Fothergilla" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Fothergilla"):
fothergilla; witch alder (any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains)
Holonyms ("genus Fothergilla" is a member of...):
family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family (comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera)
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