FIRMIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Firmiana mean? 

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

1. small genus of Asian trees or shrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRMIANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of Asian trees or shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Firmiana; genus Firmiana

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Firmiana"):

Chinese parasol; Chinese parasol tree; Firmiana simplex; Japanese varnish tree; phoenix tree (deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods)

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

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)