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GENUS LARREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States
Synonyms:
genus Larrea; Larrea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Larrea" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Larrea"):
coville; creosote bush; hediondilla; Larrea tridentata (desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Larrea" is a member of...):
bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea)
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