ARAUJIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Araujia mean? 

• ARAUJIA (noun)
  The noun ARAUJIA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of South American evergreen vines

  Familiarity information: ARAUJIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARAUJIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of South American evergreen vines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Araujia; genus Araujia

Hypernyms ("Araujia" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Araujia"):

Araujia sericofera; cruel plant (robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn)

Holonyms ("Araujia" is a member of...):

Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)