HyperDic: genus_comptonia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Comptonia:
NOUNplantgenus Comptonia, Comptoniaone species
English > genus Comptonia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningOne species: sweet fern.
SynonymComptonia
Member ofMyricaceae, family Myricaceae, wax-myrtle familyconstituting the order Myricales
Memberssweet fern, Comptonia peregrina, Comptonia asplenifoliadeciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishcomptonia, genus comptonia
Catalancomptonia, genus comptonia

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