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    GENUS CANANGA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of Malayan treeplay

    Synonyms:

    Cananga; Canangium; genus Cananga; genus Canangium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Cananga" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Cananga"):

    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 ("genus Cananga" is a member of...):

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

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