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hamamelid dicot genus

DEFINITIONS OF: hamamelid dicot genus

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n genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins

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Fagus, genus Fagus
beeches
Castanea, genus Castanea
chestnuts; chinkapins
Castanopsis, genus Castanopsis
evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand
Chrysolepis, genus Chrysolepis
two species: golden chinkapins
Lithocarpus, genus Lithocarpus
tanbark oaks
Nothofagus, genus Nothofagus
beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech
Quercus, genus Quercus
oaks
Betula, genus Betula
a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
Alnus, genus Alnus
alders
Carpinus, genus Carpinus
mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae
Ostrya, genus Ostrya
deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
Ostryopsis, genus Ostryopsis
deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
Corylus, genus Corylus
deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae
Salix, genus Salix
a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows
Populus, genus Populus
a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
Type of:
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
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