DECUMARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Decumaria mean? 

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

1. small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECUMARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Decumaria; genus Decumaria

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Decumaria"):

Decumaria barbara; Decumaria barbata; decumary (woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters)

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

family Hydrangeaceae; hydrangea family; Hydrangeaceae (sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae)