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BOCCONIA FRUTESCENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bocconia frutescens mean?
• BOCCONIA FRUTESCENS (noun)
The noun BOCCONIA FRUTESCENS has 1 sense:
1. small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers
Familiarity information: BOCCONIA FRUTESCENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bocconia; Bocconia frutescens; tree celandine
Hypernyms ("Bocconia frutescens" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("Bocconia frutescens" is a member of...):
genus Bocconia (tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya)
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