GENUS BRYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Brya mean? 

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

1. genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS BRYA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brya; genus Brya

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

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

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)