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CLIFTONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cliftonia mean? 

CLIFTONIA (noun)
  The noun CLIFTONIA has 1 sense:

1. one species: titiplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CLIFTONIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: titi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cliftonia; genus Cliftonia

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Cliftonia"):

buckwheat tree; Cliftonia monophylla; titi (tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers)

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

cyrilla family; Cyrilliaceae; family Cyrilliaceae; titi family (shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia)


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