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TARRIETIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tarrietia mean?
• TARRIETIA (noun)
The noun TARRIETIA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees
Familiarity information: TARRIETIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Tarrietia; Tarrietia
Hypernyms ("Tarrietia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Tarrietia"):
silver tree; Tarrietia argyrodendron (Australian timber tree)
Holonyms ("Tarrietia" is a member of...):
family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)
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