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COMBRETUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does combretum mean?
• COMBRETUM (noun)
The noun COMBRETUM has 1 sense:
1. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers
Familiarity information: COMBRETUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("combretum" is a kind of...):
ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)
Holonyms ("combretum" is a member of...):
genus Combretum (type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees)
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