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ENTELEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Entelea mean? 

ENTELEA (noun)
  The noun ENTELEA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealandplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ENTELEA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Entelea; genus Entelea

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

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

family Tiliaceae; linden family; Tiliaceae (chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia)


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