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Celtis

noun

large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit

• Syn: ↑genus Celtis

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ulmaceae, ↑family Ulmaceae, ↑elm family

• Member Meronyms:

↑hackberry, ↑nettle tree, ↑European hackberry, ↑Mediterranean hackberry, ↑Celtis australis, ↑American hackberry, ↑Celtis occidentalis, ↑sugarberry, ↑Celtis laevigata

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\\ˈseltə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, an African lotus

: a large genus of widely distributed trees and shrubs (family Ulmaceae) characterized by a berrylike fruit and leaves predominantly 3-veined at the base — see hackberry

Useful english dictionary. 2012.