DODONAEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dodonaea mean? 

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

1. a genus of tropical shrub or tree

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DODONAEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of tropical shrub or tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dodonaea; genus Dodonaea

Hypernyms ("Dodonaea" 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 "Dodonaea"):

aalii (a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood)

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

family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)