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NUYTSIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species

Synonyms:

genus Nuytsia; Nuytsia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Nuytsia"):

Christmas tree; fire tree; flame tree; Nuytsia floribunda (a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses)

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

family Loranthaceae; Loranthaceae; mistletoe family (in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria)

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