genus celtis
Noun
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Large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit (synset 112429521)
is a type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationmember holonym:
- hackberry, nettle tree - any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
- celtis australis, european hackberry, mediterranean hackberry - bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe
- american hackberry, celtis occidentalis - large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries
- celtis laevigata, sugarberry - deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood
belongs to: elm family, family ulmaceae, ulmaceae - a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Tremasame as: celtis
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