PARKIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parkia mean? 

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

1. genus of tropical Old World trees: nitta trees

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARKIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of tropical Old World trees: nitta trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Parkia; Parkia

Hypernyms ("Parkia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Parkia"):

nitta tree (any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp)

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

Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)