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ULEX
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse
Synonyms:
genus Ulex; Ulex
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ulex" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Ulex"):
furze; gorse; Irish gorse; Ulex europaeus; whin (very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe)
Holonyms ("Ulex" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)