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GENUS MESUA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers
Synonyms:
genus Mesua; Mesua
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Mesua" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mesua"):
ironwood; ironwood tree; Mesua ferrea; rose chestnut (handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties)
Holonyms ("genus Mesua" is a member of...):
Clusiaceae; family Clusiaceae; family Guttiferae; Guttiferae; St John's wort family (widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber)
