MARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Maria mean? 

• MARIA (noun)
  The noun MARIA has 2 senses:

1. a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon

2. valuable timber tree of Panama

  Familiarity information: MARIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

mare; maria

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

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Valuable timber tree of Panama

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calophyllum longifolium; Maria

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

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

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

Calophyllum; genus Calophyllum (genus of tropical evergreen trees)

 Context examples 

I thought Maria and Mr. Crawford were with you.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Maria considered solemnly for a space.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It provides a wonderful example of the unanticipated discoveries that result from applying state-of-the art research techniques to understudied organisms, said Maria Sutton of NSF's Directorate for Biological Sciences.

(How mantis shrimp make sense of the world, National Science Foundation)

“Good gracious!” cried Maria, after a few minutes' silence, “it seems but a day or two since we first came! and yet how many things have happened!”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Oh! yes, rejoined the other, Maria is gone.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

My only comfort, she said to Meg, with tears in her eyes, is that Mother doesn't take tucks in my dresses whenever I'm naughty, as Maria Parks's mother does.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Lead researcher Maria Papamichael from La Trobe said the findings added to a growing body of evidence that a healthy diet could be a potential therapy for childhood asthma.

(Fish-Rich Diet Beneficial for Children with Asthma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The discovery stems from scientist Maria Harrison’s focus on plants’ symbiotic relationships with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi.

(Plant gene discovery could help reduce fertilizer pollution in waterways, National Science Foundation)

The models enable us to see the wide ranges of conditions that can cause displays to become stuck in the population, evolutionarily, said Maria R. Servedio, an NSF-funded UNC professor and study author.

(For species that mate for life, bonding behaviors provide advantages, National Science Foundation)

"The two vital micronutrients are highly protective and they decrease blood pressure," Maria Argos, study author and assistant professor at the School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago.

(Micronutrients can counter lead effects in blood pressure, SciDev.Net)