genus Drimys
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| Noun | 1. | genus Drimys - shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms family Winteraceae, Winteraceae, winter's bark family - small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae Drimys winteri, winter's bark tree, winter's bark - South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood |