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GENUS PARKIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Parkia mean? 

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

1. genus of tropical Old World trees: nitta treesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PARKIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of tropical Old World trees: nitta trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Parkia; Parkia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Parkia"):

nitta tree (any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp)

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

Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)


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