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LAGUNCULARIA

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Meaning:

A genus of Laguncularia

Synonyms:

genus Laguncularia; Laguncularia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Laguncularia"):

Laguncularia racemosa; white mangrove (shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin)

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

Combretaceae; combretum family; family Combretaceae (a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales)

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