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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.