DOMBEYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dombeya mean? 

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

1. any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOMBEYA (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves

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Nouns denoting plants

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

genus Dombeya (genus of African shrubs or small trees)