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CANANGIUM

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Meaning:

A genus of Malayan tree

Synonyms:

Cananga; Canangium; genus Cananga; genus Canangium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Canangium"):

Cananga odorata; ilang-ilang; ylang-ylang (evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental)

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

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

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