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EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLATUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eugenia caryophyllatum mean? 

EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLATUM (noun)
  The noun EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLATUM has 1 sense:

1. moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of clovesplay

  Familiarity information: EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLATUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLATUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

clove; clove tree; Eugenia aromaticum; Eugenia caryophyllatum; Syzygium aromaticum

Hypernyms ("Eugenia caryophyllatum" is a kind of...):

spice tree (tree bearing aromatic bark or berries)

Meronyms (parts of "Eugenia caryophyllatum"):

clove (aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice)

Holonyms ("Eugenia caryophyllatum" is a member of...):

genus Syzygium; Syzygium (a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere)


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