GENUS SYZYGIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Syzygium mean? 

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

1. a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SYZYGIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

A tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Syzygium; Syzygium

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Syzygium"):

clove; clove tree; Eugenia aromaticum; Eugenia caryophyllatum; Syzygium aromaticum (moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves)

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

family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family (trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil)