genus aspalathus

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1. genus of South African heathlike shrubs (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot genus,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	aspalathus cedcarbergensis, aspalathus linearis, rooibos,
definition	:	South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae,
definition	:	alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae (noun.plant)