GENUS OCHNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ochna mean? 

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

1. type genus of Ochnaceae; evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS OCHNA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of Ochnaceae; evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ochna; Ochna

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Ochna"):

bird's-eye bush; Ochna serrulata (shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals)

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

family Ochnaceae; ochna family; Ochnaceae (family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves)