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CURTISIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large evergreen tree of South Africa
Synonyms:
Curtisia; genus Curtisia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Curtisia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Holonyms ("Curtisia" is a member of...):
Cornaceae; dogwood family; family Cornaceae (a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia)