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GENUS SALVADORA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of evergreen trees or shrubs; fruit is a drupe; grows in Africa through Arabia to India and China
Synonyms:
genus Salvadora; Salvadora
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Salvadora" 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 Salvadora"):
mustard tree; Salvadora persica; toothbrush tree (glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt)
Holonyms ("genus Salvadora" is a member of...):
family Salvadoraceae; Salvadora family; Salvadoraceae (a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals)
