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BRACHYSTEGIA SPECIFORMIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Brachystegia speciformis mean?
• BRACHYSTEGIA SPECIFORMIS (noun)
The noun BRACHYSTEGIA SPECIFORMIS has 1 sense:
1. small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers
Familiarity information: BRACHYSTEGIA SPECIFORMIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BRACHYSTEGIA SPECIFORMIS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Brachystegia speciformis; msasa
Hypernyms ("Brachystegia speciformis" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("Brachystegia speciformis" is a member of...):
Brachystegia; genus Brachystegia (small genus of tropical African timber trees having pale golden heartwood uniformly striped with dark brown or black:)
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