MYRSINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Myrsine mean? 

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

1. evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage; Africa; Asia (New Zealand)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYRSINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage; Africa; Asia (New Zealand)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Myrsine; Myrsine

Hypernyms ("Myrsine" 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)

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

family Myrsinaceae; Myrsinaceae; myrsine family (family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs; some in Florida)