osmanthus

English Thesaurus

1. widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	american olive, devilwood, osmanthus americanus,
definition	:	small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family oleaceae, oleaceae, olive family,
definition	:	trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac (noun.plant)