PALIURUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Thorny Eurasian shrubs

Synonyms:

genus Paliurus; Paliurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Paliurus" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Paliurus"):

Christ's-thorn; Jerusalem thorn; Paliurus spina-christi (thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit)

Holonyms ("Paliurus" is a member of...):

buckthorn family; family Rhamnaceae; Rhamnaceae (trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value)