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GENUS SCHINUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China
Synonyms:
genus Schinus; Schinus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Schinus" 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 Schinus"):
aroeira blanca; Schinus chichita (small resinous tree or shrub of Brazil)
molle; pepper tree; Peruvian mastic tree; Schinus molle (small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits)
Brazilian pepper tree; Schinus terebinthifolius (small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen)
Holonyms ("genus Schinus" is a member of...):
Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)
