genus cotoneaster

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1. genus of deciduous or evergreen Old World shrubs widely cultivated (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	cotoneaster,
definition	:	any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family rosaceae, rosaceae, rose family,
definition	:	a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens (noun.plant)