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GRISELINIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America

Synonyms:

genus Griselinia; Griselinia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Griselinia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Griselinia"):

Griselinia lucida; puka (South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers)

Griselinia littoralis; kapuka (small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental)

Holonyms ("Griselinia" is a member of...):

Cornaceae; dogwood family; family Cornaceae (a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia)

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