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MYRCIARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Myrciaria mean? 

MYRCIARIA (noun)
  The noun MYRCIARIA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle familyplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MYRCIARIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Myrciaria; Myrcia; Myrciaria

Hypernyms ("Myrciaria" 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 "Myrciaria"):

jaboticaba; jaboticaba tree; Myrciaria cauliflora (small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches)

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

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


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