GENUS XYLOSMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Xylosma mean? 

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

1. genus of tropical American and Asiatic spiny evergreen trees and shrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS XYLOSMA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical American and Asiatic spiny evergreen trees and shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Xylosma"):

xylosma; Xylosma congestum (shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China)

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

family Flacourtiaceae; flacourtia family; Flacourtiaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs)