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GENUS MONESES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus Pyrola
Synonyms:
genus Moneses; Moneses
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Moneses" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Moneses"):
Moneses uniflora; one-flowered pyrola; one-flowered wintergreen; Pyrola uniflora (delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola)
Holonyms ("genus Moneses" is a member of...):
family Pyrolaceae; Pyrolaceae; wintergreen family (evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia)