genus fothergilla

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1. small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	fothergilla, witch alder,
definition	:	any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family hamamelidaceae, hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel family,
definition	:	comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera (noun.plant)