GENUS BOCCONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bocconia mean? 

• GENUS BOCCONIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS BOCCONIA has 1 sense:

1. tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya

  Familiarity information: GENUS BOCCONIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS BOCCONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Bocconia" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Bocconia"):

bocconia; Bocconia frutescens; tree celandine (small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Bocconia" is a member of...):

family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)