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GENUS ROSA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
Synonyms:
genus Rosa; Rosa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Rosa" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Rosa"):
rose; rosebush (any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses)
Holonyms ("genus Rosa" is a member of...):
family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)