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ERCILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ercilla mean? 

ERCILLA (noun)
  The noun ERCILLA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of evergreen climbersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ERCILLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of evergreen climbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ercilla; genus Ercilla

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

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

family Phytolaccaceae; Phytolaccaceae; pokeweed family (chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma)


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