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UMBELLULARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Umbellularia mean?
• UMBELLULARIA (noun)
The noun UMBELLULARIA has 1 sense:
1. aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast
Familiarity information: UMBELLULARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Umbellularia; Umbellularia
Hypernyms ("Umbellularia" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Umbellularia"):
California bay tree; California laurel; California olive; mountain laurel; Oregon myrtle; pepperwood; sassafras laurel; spice tree; Umbellularia californica (Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood)
Holonyms ("Umbellularia" is a member of...):
family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family (a family of Lauraceae)
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