GENUS CONOCARPUS

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Meaning:

Monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree

Synonyms:

Conocarpus; genus Conocarpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

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

Combretaceae; combretum family; family Combretaceae (a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales)

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