GENUS MYRSINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage; Africa; Asia (New Zealand)

Synonyms:

genus Myrsine; Myrsine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Myrsine" 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 Myrsine" is a member of...):

family Myrsinaceae; Myrsinaceae; myrsine family (family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs; some in Florida)

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