noun
a genus of Australasian shrubs and trees
• Syn: ↑genus Pomaderris
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rhamnaceae, ↑family Rhamnaceae, ↑buckthorn family
• Member Meronyms: ↑hazel, ↑hazel tree, ↑Pomaderris apetala
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\\ˌpōməˈderə̇s\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pōmat-, pōma lid, cover + derris skin, leather covering, from derein to skin — more at pomacentridae, derm-
: a genus of hoary pubescent Australasian shrubs (family Rhamnaceae) having alternate leaves and cymose white or yellowish flowers with the ovary partly adnate to the calyx
Useful english dictionary. 2012.