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GENUS PLATYMISCIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Platymiscium mean?
• GENUS PLATYMISCIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS PLATYMISCIUM has 1 sense:
1. genus of tropical American trees: quira
Familiarity information: GENUS PLATYMISCIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical American trees: quira
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Platymiscium; Platymiscium
Hypernyms ("genus Platymiscium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Platymiscium"):
quira (any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber)
Holonyms ("genus Platymiscium" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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