GENUS CALLIANDRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calliandra mean? 

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

1. genus of pinnate-leaved shrubs and small trees of tropical and subtropical North and South America and India and West Africa

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CALLIANDRA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of pinnate-leaved shrubs and small trees of tropical and subtropical North and South America and India and West Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Calliandra"):

calliandra (any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers)

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

Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)