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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 cloves
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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