Clethra

See also: clethra

Translingual

Clethra arborea

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλήθρα (klḗthra, “alder”).

Proper noun

Clethra f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Clethraceae – shrubs and trees, evergreen or deciduous, with clustered flowers, the species being in many temperate and subtropical parts of Asia and the Western hemisphere.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Clethraceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Clethra alnifolia - type species; for other species see Clethra on WikispeciesWikispecies or Clethra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Descendants

• → English: clethra

References

• Clethra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clethra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Clethra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Clethra at USDA Plants database