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CERATONIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Carobs

Synonyms:

Ceratonia; genus Ceratonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Ceratonia"):

algarroba; carob; carob bean tree; carob tree; Ceratonia siliqua (evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob)

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

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)

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