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GENUS GNETUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Gnetum" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gnetum"):
gnetum; Gnetum gnemon (small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour)
Holonyms ("genus Gnetum" is a member of...):
family Gnetaceae; Gnetaceae (plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum)
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