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GENUS BERTHOLLETIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bertholletia mean?
• GENUS BERTHOLLETIA (noun)
The noun GENUS BERTHOLLETIA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: GENUS BERTHOLLETIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brazil nut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bertholletia; genus Bertholletia
Hypernyms ("genus Bertholletia" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bertholletia"):
Bertholletia excelsa; brazil-nut tree; brazil nut (tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts)
Holonyms ("genus Bertholletia" is a member of...):
family Lecythidaceae; Lecythidaceae (large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins)
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