MELICYTUS

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Meaning:

A genus of deciduous shrubs or trees; fruit is a berry; grow in New Zealand and Fiji and Solomon Islands

Synonyms:

genus Melicytus; Melicytus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

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

family Violaceae; Violaceae; violet family (a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus)

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