CONOCARPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Conocarpus mean? 

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

1. monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONOCARPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Conocarpus; genus Conocarpus

Hypernyms ("Conocarpus" 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)

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

Combretaceae; combretum family; family Combretaceae (a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales)