KIRKIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kirkia mean? 

• KIRKIA (noun)
  The noun KIRKIA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs

  Familiarity information: KIRKIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIRKIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Kirkia; Kirkia

Hypernyms ("Kirkia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Kirkia"):

Kirkia wilmsii; pepper tree (small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs)

Holonyms ("Kirkia" is a member of...):

family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit)