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LINDERA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America
Synonyms:
genus Lindera; Lindera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lindera" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Lindera"):
American spicebush; Benjamin bush; Benzoin odoriferum; Lindera benzoin; spice bush; spicebush (deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries)
Holonyms ("Lindera" is a member of...):
family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family (a family of Lauraceae)