Garrya
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Garrya is a small genus of evergreen shrubs and small trees, commonly known as silk tassel bushes, native to western North America and noted for their long, hanging catkin-like inflorescences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Garrya canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12131498 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Garrya Context triple: [Cornaceae, containsGenus, Garrya]
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A.
Heteromeles
Heteromeles is a small genus of evergreen shrubs or trees in the rose family, best known for the California native species commonly called toyon or Christmas berry.
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B.
Duchesnea
Duchesnea is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family, commonly known for its strawberry-like appearance and ornamental groundcover use.
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C.
Frangula californica
Frangula californica is a species of California-native shrub or small tree in the buckthorn family, commonly known as California coffeeberry, valued for its wildlife-friendly berries and use in habitat restoration.
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D.
Palo verde
Palo verde is a small desert tree native to the American Southwest, recognized for its green bark and bright yellow spring blossoms.
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E.
Mesquite
Mesquite is a suburban city in the eastern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its residential communities and regional retail centers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Garrya Target entity description: Garrya is a small genus of evergreen shrubs and small trees, commonly known as silk tassel bushes, native to western North America and noted for their long, hanging catkin-like inflorescences.
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A.
Heteromeles
Heteromeles is a small genus of evergreen shrubs or trees in the rose family, best known for the California native species commonly called toyon or Christmas berry.
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B.
Duchesnea
Duchesnea is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family, commonly known for its strawberry-like appearance and ornamental groundcover use.
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C.
Frangula californica
Frangula californica is a species of California-native shrub or small tree in the buckthorn family, commonly known as California coffeeberry, valued for its wildlife-friendly berries and use in habitat restoration.
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D.
Palo verde
Palo verde is a small desert tree native to the American Southwest, recognized for its green bark and bright yellow spring blossoms.
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E.
Mesquite
Mesquite is a suburban city in the eastern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its residential communities and regional retail centers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.