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PISONIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America

Synonyms:

genus Pisonia; Pisonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Pisonia"):

cockspur; Pisonia aculeata (small spiny West Indian tree)

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

Allioniaceae; family Allioniaceae; family Nyctaginaceae; four-o'clock family; Nyctaginaceae (a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales)

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