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GENUS CASUARINA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Casuarina" 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 "genus Casuarina"):
casuarina (any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood)
she-oak (any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina)
beefwood (any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork)
Australian pine; Casuarina equisetfolia (common Australian tree widely grown as an ornamental in tropical regions; yields heavy hard red wood)
Holonyms ("genus Casuarina" is a member of...):
Casuarinaceae; family Casuarinaceae (one genus: genus Casuarina)
