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VIRGILIA CAPENSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Virgilia capensis mean?
• VIRGILIA CAPENSIS (noun)
The noun VIRGILIA CAPENSIS has 1 sense:
1. tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers
Familiarity information: VIRGILIA CAPENSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
keurboom; Virgilia capensis; Virgilia oroboides
Hypernyms ("Virgilia capensis" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("Virgilia capensis" is a member of...):
genus Virgilia; Virgilia (genus of South African trees having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers followed by leathery pods)
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