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GENUS PUNICA

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the family Punicaceae

Synonyms:

genus Punica; Punica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Punica" 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)

Meronyms (members of "genus Punica"):

pomegranate; pomegranate tree; Punica granatum (shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit)

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

family Punicaceae; Punicaceae (one species: pomegranates)

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