English Dictionary

GENUS GARCINIA

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Garcinia mean? 

GENUS GARCINIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS GARCINIA has 1 sense:

1. evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteensplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS GARCINIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Garcinia; genus Garcinia

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Garcinia"):

Garcinia mangostana; mangosteen; mangosteen tree (East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit)

gamboge tree; Garcinia cambogia; Garcinia gummi-gutta; Garcinia hanburyi (low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered)

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

Clusiaceae; family Clusiaceae; family Guttiferae; Guttiferae; St John's wort family (widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Cobbler, stick to thy last." (English proverb)

"A good year is determined by its spring." (Afghanistan proverb)

"You are as many a person as the languages you know." (Armenian proverb)

"He who seeks, finds." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact