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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 Africaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS FLACOURTIA (noun)


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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