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GENUS ELAEOCARPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Elaeocarpus mean?
• GENUS ELAEOCARPUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ELAEOCARPUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS ELAEOCARPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Elaeocarpus; genus Elaeocarpus
Hypernyms ("genus Elaeocarpus" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Elaeocarpus"):
blue fig; Brisbane quandong; Elaeocarpus grandis; quandong; quandong tree; silver quandong tree (Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit)
Holonyms ("genus Elaeocarpus" is a member of...):
Elaeocarpaceae; elaeocarpus family; family Elaeocarpaceae (genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae)
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