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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 coastplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


UMBELLULARIA (noun)


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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