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GENUS TAMARIX
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia
Synonyms:
genus Tamarix; Tamarix
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Tamarix" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Tamarix"):
tamarisk (any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil)
Holonyms ("genus Tamarix" is a member of...):
family Tamaricaceae; Tamaricaceae; tamarisk family (family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes))
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