GENUS CASUARINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Casuarina mean? 

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

1. genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CASUARINA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Casuarina" 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 Casuarina"):

casuarina (any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood)

she-oak (any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina)

beefwood (any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork)

Australian pine; Casuarina equisetfolia (common Australian tree widely grown as an ornamental in tropical regions; yields heavy hard red wood)

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

Casuarinaceae; family Casuarinaceae (one genus: genus Casuarina)