CURTISIA

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Meaning:

A large evergreen tree of South Africa

Synonyms:

Curtisia; genus Curtisia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

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

Cornaceae; dogwood family; family Cornaceae (a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia)

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