GENUS PISONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pisonia mean? 

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

1. genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America

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

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• GENUS PISONIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pisonia; Pisonia

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pisonia"):

cockspur; Pisonia aculeata (small spiny West Indian tree)

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

Allioniaceae; family Allioniaceae; family Nyctaginaceae; four-o'clock family; Nyctaginaceae (a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales)