GENUS MERYTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Meryta mean? 

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

1. small to medium evergreen dioecious trees of oceanic climates: puka

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MERYTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small to medium evergreen dioecious trees of oceanic climates: puka

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Meryta; Meryta

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Meryta"):

Meryta sinclairii; puka (small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers)

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

Araliaceae; family Araliaceae; ivy family (mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera)