English Dictionary |
MYRCIARIA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
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 family
Familiarity information: MYRCIARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Who follows his head follows the head of an ass" (Breton proverb)
"Fixing the known is better than waiting for the unknown." (Arabic proverb)
"A crazy father and mother make sensible children." (Corsican proverb)