genus gnetum

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   type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones

   Broadergymnosperm genus

   Part ofGnetaceae

Questions about genus gnetum

What does genus gnetum mean?

genus gnetum means "type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones".

Is genus gnetum a common word?

genus gnetum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.