PSIDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Psidium mean? 

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

1. guavas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSIDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Guavas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Psidium; Psidium

Hypernyms ("Psidium" 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 "Psidium"):

guava; guava bush; Psidium guajava; true guava (small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit)

guava; Psidium littorale; strawberry guava; yellow cattley guava (small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit)

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

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