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GENUS PONCIRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Poncirus mean?
• GENUS PONCIRUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PONCIRUS has 1 sense:
1. one species: trifoliate orange
Familiarity information: GENUS PONCIRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: trifoliate orange
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Poncirus; Poncirus
Hypernyms ("genus Poncirus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Poncirus"):
Poncirus trifoliata; trifoliata; trifoliate orange; wild orange (small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges)
Holonyms ("genus Poncirus" is a member of...):
family Rutaceae; rue family; Rutaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent)
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