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XYLOPIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African

Synonyms:

genus Xylopia; Xylopia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Xylopia"):

Guinea pepper; negro pepper; Xylopia aethiopica (tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine)

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

Annonaceae; custard-apple family; family Annonaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs)

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