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DODONAEA

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Meaning:

A genus of tropical shrub or tree

Synonyms:

Dodonaea; genus Dodonaea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Dodonaea"):

aalii (a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood)

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

family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)

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