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PYRULARIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs
Synonyms:
genus Pyrularia; Pyrularia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pyrularia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Pyrularia"):
buffalo nut; Pyrularia pubera; rabbitwood (shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes)
Holonyms ("Pyrularia" is a member of...):
family Santalaceae; sandalwood family; Santalaceae (chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit)