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OXANDRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxandra mean?
• OXANDRA (noun)
The noun OXANDRA has 1 sense:
1. genus of tropical trees
Familiarity information: OXANDRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Oxandra; Oxandra
Hypernyms ("Oxandra" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Holonyms ("Oxandra" is a member of...):
Annonaceae; custard-apple family; family Annonaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs)
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