Arctous

Translingual

Etymology

Latin arctōus (“northern”), from Ancient Greek ἀρκτῷς (arktôis), derived from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear; the north”).

Proper noun

Arctous m

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – certain bearberries formerly in genus Arctostaphylos.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(genus): (Arctous alpina (syn. Arctostaphylos alpinus, alpine bearberry, mountain bearberry, black bearberry), Arctous rubra (syn. Arctostaphylos rubra, red bearberry), Arctous microphylla - species

References

Arctous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Arctous on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Arctous on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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