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GENUS AFROCARPUS

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Meaning:

Dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus

Synonyms:

Afrocarpus; genus Afrocarpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Afrocarpus" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Afrocarpus"):

Afrocarpus falcata; bastard yellowwood; common yellowwood (medium-sized tree of South Africa)

Holonyms ("genus Afrocarpus" is a member of...):

family Podocarpaceae; Podocarpaceae; podocarpus family (gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves)

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