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MYRICARIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of deciduous shrubs or subshrubs of southern Europe to Siberia and China; tolerant of chalky soil
Synonyms:
genus Myricaria; Myricaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Myricaria" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Myricaria"):
false tamarisk; German tamarisk; Myricaria germanica (Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk)
Holonyms ("Myricaria" is a member of...):
family Tamaricaceae; Tamaricaceae; tamarisk family (family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes))