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GENUS MERYTA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small to medium evergreen dioecious trees of oceanic climates: puka
Synonyms:
genus Meryta; Meryta
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Meryta" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Meryta"):
Meryta sinclairii; puka (small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Meryta" is a member of...):
Araliaceae; family Araliaceae; ivy family (mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera)