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GENUS LEPIDOBOTRYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lepidobotrys mean?
• GENUS LEPIDOBOTRYS (noun)
The noun GENUS LEPIDOBOTRYS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of dicotyledonous trees belonging to the family Lepidobotryaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS LEPIDOBOTRYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of dicotyledonous trees belonging to the family Lepidobotryaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Lepidobotrys" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lepidobotrys"):
lepidobotrys (African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds)
Holonyms ("genus Lepidobotrys" is a member of...):
family Lepidobotryaceae; Lepidobotryaceae (family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa)
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