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Noun: Clethra
  1. Type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet
    - genus Clethra

Type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus

Part of: Clethraceae, family Clethraceae, white-alder family

Encyclopedia: Clethra