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CURTISIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Curtisia mean?
• CURTISIA (noun)
The noun CURTISIA has 1 sense:
1. a large evergreen tree of South Africa
Familiarity information: CURTISIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large evergreen tree of South Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Curtisia; genus Curtisia
Hypernyms ("Curtisia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Holonyms ("Curtisia" is a member of...):
Cornaceae; dogwood family; family Cornaceae (a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia)
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