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BRYA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Brya mean?
• BRYA (noun)
The noun BRYA has 1 sense:
1. genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood
Familiarity information: BRYA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Brya; genus Brya
Hypernyms ("Brya" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Holonyms ("Brya" is a member of...):
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)
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