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MERYTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Meryta mean?
• MERYTA (noun)
The noun MERYTA has 1 sense:
1. small to medium evergreen dioecious trees of oceanic climates: puka
Familiarity information: MERYTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small to medium evergreen dioecious trees of oceanic climates: puka
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Meryta; Meryta
Hypernyms ("Meryta" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Meryta"):
Meryta sinclairii; puka (small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers)
Holonyms ("Meryta" is a member of...):
Araliaceae; family Araliaceae; ivy family (mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera)
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