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GENUS FLACOURTIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Flacourtia mean?
• GENUS FLACOURTIA (noun)
The noun GENUS FLACOURTIA has 1 sense:
1. often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa
Familiarity information: GENUS FLACOURTIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Flacourtia; genus Flacourtia
Hypernyms ("genus Flacourtia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Flacourtia"):
batoko palm; Flacourtia indica; governor's plum; governor plum; Madagascar plum; ramontchi (small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums)
Holonyms ("genus Flacourtia" is a member of...):
family Flacourtiaceae; flacourtia family; Flacourtiaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs)
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