English > dicot genus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination. |
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| Synonym | magnoliopsid genus |
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| Member of | Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida | Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves |
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| Narrower | Acer, genus Acer | type genus of the Aceraceae |
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| Achras, genus Achras | Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit |
| Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, Acokanthera, genus Acokanthera | small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides |
| Adenium, genus Adenium | One species |
| Aesculus, genus Aesculus | deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America |
| Aldrovanda, genus Aldrovanda | One species |
| Alstonia, genus Alstonia | genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap |
| Amsonia, genus Amsonia | genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers |
| Anacardium, genus Anacardium | type genus of the Anacardiaceae |
| Anagallis, genus Anagallis | chiefly Old World herbs |
| Anemopsis, genus Anemopsis | One species |
| Apocynum, genus Apocynum | perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers |
| Araujia, genus Araujia | small genus of South American evergreen vines |
| Ardisia, genus Ardisia | Tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas |
| Argyreia, genus Argyreia | woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia |
| Aristolochia, genus Aristolochia | birthworts |
| Armeria, genus Armeria | shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials |
| Artocarpus, genus Artocarpus | evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics |
| Asarum, genus Asarum | wild ginger |
| Asclepias, genus Asclepias | genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs |
| Astronium, genus Astronium | A genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae |
| Bartle Frere, genus Bartle-Frere, green dinosaur | A living fossil or so-called 'green dinosaur' |
| Beaumontia, genus Beaumontia | small genus of evergreen woody vines in the East Indies and Asia |
| Bertholletia, genus Bertholletia | brazil nut |
| Blighia, genus Blighia | small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe |
| Boehmeria, genus Boehmeria | false nettle |
| Broussonetia, genus Broussonetia | paper mulberry |
| Bumelia, genus Bumelia | deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex |
| Buxus, genus Buxus | type genus of the Buxaceae |
| Calocarpum, genus Calocarpum | A genus of tropical American trees of the family Sapotaceae |
| Calystegia, genus Calystegia | Climbing or scrambling herbs |
| Cardiospermum, genus Cardiospermum | tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot |
| Carya, genus Carya | genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees |
| Catharanthus, genus Catharanthus | small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar / Madagascar |
| Cecropia, genus Cecropia | large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning |
| Celastrus, genus Celastrus | Genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia |
| Celtis, genus Celtis | large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit |
| Centaurium, genus Centaurium | genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers |
| Centunculus, genus Centunculus | A dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae |
| Chionanthus, genus Chionanthus | deciduous trees or shrubs |
| Chloranthus, genus Chloranthus | type genus of the Chloranthaceae |
| Chrysophyllum, genus Chrysophyllum | Tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs |
| Citrullus, genus Citrullus | A dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons |
| Clethra, genus Clethra | type and sole genus of the Clethraceae |
| Cliftonia, genus Cliftonia | One species |
| Colubrina, genus Colubrina | Mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits |
| Comptonia, genus Comptonia | One species |
| Conocarpus, genus Conocarpus | monotypic genus of tropical American trees |
| Conospermum, genus Conospermum | (Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes) smoke bush |
| Cordia, genus Cordia | Tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae |
| Cotinus, genus Cotinus | smoke trees |
| Cucumis, genus Cucumis | cucumbers |
| Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita | type genus of the Cucurbitaceae |
| Cuscuta, genus Cuscuta | genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll |
| Darlingtonia, genus Darlingtonia | One species |
| Dimocarpus, genus Dimocarpus | longan |
| Dionaea, genus Dionaea | A genus of the family Droseraceae |
| Diospyros, genus Diospyros | A genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood |
| Dipteronia, genus Dipteronia | small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature |
| Dirca, genus Dirca | deciduous shrub of North America |
| Dodonaea, genus Dodonaea | A genus of tropical shrub or tree |
| Drosera, genus Drosera | The type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants |
| Drosophyllum, genus Drosophyllum | One species |
| Ecballium, genus Ecballium | exploding cucumber |
| Elaeagnus, genus Elaeagnus | oleaster |
| Embothrium, genus Embothrium | small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters |
| Empetrum, genus Empetrum | crowberries |
| Eugenia, genus Eugenia | Tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood |
| Euonymus, genus Euonymus | widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines |
| Eustoma, genus Eustoma | small genus of herbs of warm regions / regions of southern North America to northern South America |
| Exacum, genus Exacum | genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants |
| Fagopyrum, genus Fagopyrum | buckwheat |
| Ficus, genus Ficus | large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees |
| Frasera, genus Frasera | genus of North American herbs |
| Fraxinus, genus Fraxinus | ash |
| Gelsemium, genus Gelsemium | evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia |
| Gentiana, genus Gentiana | type genus of the Gentianaceae |
| Gentianella, genus Gentianella | genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian |
| Gentianopsis, genus Gentianopsis | genus of fringed gentians |
| Glaux, genus Glaux | sea milkwort |
| Goodenia | A genus of shrubs and herbs that grow in Australia and New Guinea and Malaysia and southeast Asia |
| Grias, genus Grias | anchovy pear tree |
| Guevina, genus Guevina | One species |
| Hakea, genus Hakea | Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers |
| Halenia, genus Halenia | genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas |
| Halesia, genus Halesia | deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America |
| Hamamelidanthum, genus Hamamelidanthum | genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel |
| Hamamelidoxylon, genus Hamamelidoxylon | genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel |
| Hamamelites, genus Hamamelites | genus of fossil plants having leaves similar to those of the witch hazel |
| Heliamphora, genus Heliamphora | genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America |
| Helxine, genus Helxine, Soleirolia, genus Soleirolia | One species |
| Holarrhena, genus Holarrhena | genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia |
| Hottonia, genus Hottonia | aquatic herbs |
| Houttuynia, genus Houttuynia | One species |
| Humulus, genus Humulus | hops |
| Ilex, genus Ilex | A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies) |
| Ipomoea, genus Ipomoea | morning glory |
| Jacquinia, genus Jacquinia | sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae |
| Jambos, genus Jambos | Used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos) |
| Jasminum, genus Jasminum | shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World |
| Juglans, genus Juglans | type genus of the Juglandaceae |
| Knightia, genus Knightia | small genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia |
| Lagenaria, genus Lagenaria | bottle gourds |
| Lambertia, genus Lambertia | small genus of Australian shrubs |
| Laportea, genus Laportea | Mostly tropical stinging herbs or trees |
| Leitneria, genus Leitneria | One species |
| Leucadendron, genus Leucadendron | large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts |
| Ligustrum, genus Ligustrum | genus of Old World shrubs |
| Limonium, genus Limonium | sea lavender |
| Logania, genus Logania | type genus of the Loganiaceae |
| Lysimachia, genus Lysimachia | loosestrife |
| Lythrum, genus Lythrum | loosestrife |
| Maclura, genus Maclura | yellowwood trees or shrubs |
| Malosma, genus Malosma | One species |
| Mandevilla, genus Mandevilla, Dipladenia, genus Dipladenia | genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap |
| Mangifera, genus Mangifera | Tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit |
| Manilkara, genus Manilkara | genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex |
| Melicoccus, genus Melicoccus, Melicocca, genus Melicocca | Tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries |
| Menyanthes, genus Menyanthes | The type genus of the Menyanthaceae |
| Momordica, genus Momordica | Old World tropical vine |
| Monardella, genus Monardella | A genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States |
| Morus, genus Morus | type genus of the Moraceae |
| Myrciaria, genus Myrciaria, Myrcia | A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family |
| Myrica, genus Myrica | deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees |
| Myriophyllum, genus Myriophyllum | chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils) |
| Myrsine, genus Myrsine | (New Zealand) evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage |
| Myrtus, genus Myrtus | type genus of the Myrtaceae |
| Nepenthes, genus Nepenthes | pitcher plants |
| Nephelium, genus Nephelium | A genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia |
| Nerium, genus Nerium | One species |
| Nopalea, genus Nopalea | A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers |
| Nyssa, genus Nyssa | tupelos |
| Oenothera, genus Oenothera | chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers |
| Olea, genus Olea | evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits |
| Orites, genus Orites | small genus of Australian shrubs or trees |
| Osmanthus, genus Osmanthus | widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan |
| Palaquium, genus Palaquium | large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves |
| Paliurus, genus Paliurus | thorny Eurasian shrubs |
| Parietaria, genus Parietaria | small genus of stingless herbs |
| Parthenocissus, genus Parthenocissus | woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils |
| Payena, genus Payena | genus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha |
| Periploca, genus Periploca | genus of woody vines of warm regions / regions of the Old World |
| Persoonia, genus Persoonia | (Australian undershrubs to small trees) geebungs |
| Phillyrea, genus Phillyrea | small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region |
| Pilea, genus Pilea | low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage |
| Pimenta, genus Pimenta | allspice tree |
| Piper, genus Piper | type genus of the Piperaceae |
| Pipturus, genus Pipturus | An Australian genus of woody plants of the family Urticaceae |
| Pistacia, genus Pistacia | A dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit |
| Planera, genus Planera | A deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States |
| Plantago, genus Plantago | type genus of the family Plantaginaceae |
| Plumeria, genus Plumeria, Plumiera | deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink / pink flowers |
| Polygonum, genus Polygonum | diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions |
| Pomaderris, genus Pomaderris | A genus of Australasian shrubs and trees |
| Pouteria, genus Pouteria | Tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel) |
| Psidium, genus Psidium | guavas / guavas |
| Pterocarya, genus Pterocarya | (Asiatic nut trees) wing nuts |
| Punica, genus Punica | coextensive with the family Punicaceae |
| Rhamnus, genus Rhamnus | type genus of the Rhamnaceae |
| Rheum, genus Rheum | rhubarb |
| Rhizophora, genus Rhizophora | type genus of the Rhizophoraceae |
| Rhodosphaera, genus Rhodosphaera | One species |
| Rhus, genus Rhus | deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia |
| Rumex, genus Rumex | docks |
| Salvadora, genus Salvadora | genus of evergreen trees or shrubs |
| Samolus, genus Samolus | genus of herbs usually growing in salt marshes |
| Sapindus, genus Sapindus | type genus of the Sapindaceae |
| Sarcostemma, genus Sarcostemma | succulent subshrubs or vines |
| Sarracenia, genus Sarracenia | pitcher plants |
| Saururus, genus Saururus | type genus of the Saururaceae |
| Schinus, genus Schinus | genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions / regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China |
| Spondias, genus Spondias | Tropical trees having one-seeded fruit |
| Staphylea, genus Staphylea | A genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae |
| Stenocarpus, genus Stenocarpus | small genus of timber trees |
| Swertia, genus Swertia | genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa |
| Symplocus, genus Symplocus | type and sole genus of Symplocaceae including sweetleaf |
| Syringa, genus Syringa | genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles |
| Syzygium, genus Syzygium | A tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere |
| Tabernaemontana, genus Tabernaemontana | evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap |
| Telopea, genus Telopea | (Australian evergreen shrubs) waratahs / waratahs |
| Thevetia, genus Thevetia | genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers |
| Toxicodendron, genus Toxicodendron | In some classifications |
| Trachelospermum, genus Trachelospermum | genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems |
| Trapa, genus Trapa | small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs |
| Trema, genus Trema | An evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia |
| Ulmus, genus Ulmus | type genus of family Ulmaceae |
| Urtica, genus Urtica | A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax |
| Vinca, genus Vinca | periwinkles |
| Vincetoxicum, genus Vincetoxicum | genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers |
| Vitis, genus Vitis | The type genus of the family Vitaceae |
| Xylomelum, genus Xylomelum | small species of Australian trees or shrubs |
| Ziziphus, genus Ziziphus | Spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs |
| asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
| caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
| dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
| genus Allamanda | genus of tropical American woody vines |
| genus Banksia | Important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers |
| genus Bryonia | Climbing perennial herbs |
| genus Buddleia | shrubs or trees of warm regions |
| genus Cannabis | hemp |
| genus Carissa | Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs |
| genus Casuarina | genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies |
| genus Combretum | type genus of the Combretaceae |
| genus Convolvulus | genus of mostly climbing or scrambling herbs and shrubs |
| genus Cyclamen | genus of widely cultivated flowering Eurasian herbs with centrally depressed rounded tubers and rounded heart-shaped leaves |
| genus Cynancum | genus of perennial tropical African lianas |
| genus Cyrilla | One species |
| genus Daphne | usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs |
| genus Dichondra | genus of chiefly tropical prostrate perennial herbs with creeping stems that root at the nodes |
| genus Eriogonum | North American herbs of the buckwheat family |
| genus Eucalyptus | tall trees native to the Australian region |
| genus Feijoa | small South American shrubs or trees |
| genus Forestiera | genus of often spiny American shrubs and trees |
| genus Forsythia | forsythia |
| genus Fuchsia | large genus of decorative tropical shrubs with pendulous tetramerous flowers |
| genus Grevillea | large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers |
| genus Harpullia | genus of tropical Asiatic and African trees |
| genus Hoya | large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia |
| genus Litchi | Chinese trees |
| genus Lobelia | In some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae |
| genus Lomatia | small genus of low-growing evergreens of Chile and Australia |
| genus Luffa | dishcloth gourds |
| genus Macadamia | Trees or shrubs |
| genus Pachysandra | evergreen perennial procumbent subshrubs or herbs |
| genus Peperomia | large genus of small tropical usually succulent herbs |
| genus Plumbago | shrubs and herbs and woody vines of warm regions |
| genus Primula | Very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers |
| genus Protea | type genus of Proteaceae |
| genus Rauwolfia, genus Rauvolfia | pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees |
| genus Roridula | insectivorous undershrubs of South Africa |
| genus Sabbatia | genus of smooth slender North American herbs with showy flowers |
| genus Stapelia | genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti |
| genus Stephanotis | genus of Old World tropical woody vines |
| genus Strophanthus | genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees |
| genus Styrax | deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees |
| hamamelid dicot genus | genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins |
| magnoliid dicot genus | genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |
| rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
| Broader | genus | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species |
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| Spanish | dicotiledóneas |
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| Catalan | dicotiledònies |
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