noun
widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan
• Syn: ↑genus Osmanthus
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Oleaceae, ↑family Oleaceae, ↑olive family
• Member Meronyms: ↑devilwood, ↑American olive, ↑Osmanthus americanus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.