CANANGIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Canangium mean? 

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

1. a genus of Malayan tree

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANANGIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Malayan tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cananga; Canangium; genus Cananga; genus Canangium

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

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Canangium"):

Cananga odorata; ilang-ilang; ylang-ylang (evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental)

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

Annonaceae; custard-apple family; family Annonaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs)