GENUS MANGIFERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mangifera mean? 

• GENUS MANGIFERA (noun)
  The noun GENUS MANGIFERA has 1 sense:

1. tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MANGIFERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Mangifera; Mangifera

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mangifera"):

Mangifera indica; mango; mango tree (large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit)

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

Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)