BRACHYSTEGIA SPECIFORMIS

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Meaning:

Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers

Synonyms:

Brachystegia speciformis; msasa

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Brachystegia speciformis" 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 ("Brachystegia speciformis" is a member of...):

Brachystegia; genus Brachystegia (small genus of tropical African timber trees having pale golden heartwood uniformly striped with dark brown or black:)

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