CERCIDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cercidium mean? 

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

1. spiny shrubs or small trees sometimes placed in genus Parkinsonia: paloverde

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERCIDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spiny shrubs or small trees sometimes placed in genus Parkinsonia: paloverde

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cercidium; genus Cercidium

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

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

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)