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CELTIS OCCIDENTALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Celtis occidentalis mean?
• CELTIS OCCIDENTALIS (noun)
The noun CELTIS OCCIDENTALIS has 1 sense:
1. large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries
Familiarity information: CELTIS OCCIDENTALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American hackberry; Celtis occidentalis
Hypernyms ("Celtis occidentalis" is a kind of...):
hackberry; nettle tree (any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits)
Holonyms ("Celtis occidentalis" is a member of...):
Celtis; genus Celtis (large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit)
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