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SWIETINIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Swietinia mean?
• SWIETINIA (noun)
The noun SWIETINIA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American mahogany trees
Familiarity information: SWIETINIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American mahogany trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Swietinia; Swietinia
Hypernyms ("Swietinia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Swietinia"):
Cuban mahogany; Dominican mahogany; Swietinia mahogani; true mahogany (mahogany tree of West Indies)
Holonyms ("Swietinia" is a member of...):
family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)
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