POMADERRIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A genus of Australasian shrubs and trees

Synonyms:

genus Pomaderris; Pomaderris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Pomaderris" 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 "Pomaderris"):

hazel; hazel tree; Pomaderris apetala (Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts)

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

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