genus Clethra

genus Clethra
noun
type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet
Syn: ↑Clethra
Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Clethraceae, ↑family Clethraceae, ↑white-alder family

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