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HETEROMELES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia
Synonyms:
genus Heteromeles; Heteromeles
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Heteromeles" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Heteromeles"):
Christmas berry; Christmasberry; Heteromeles arbutifolia; Photinia arbutifolia; tollon; toyon (ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia)
Holonyms ("Heteromeles" 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)
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