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    GENUS DOVYALIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees; Africa; India; Sri Lankaplay

    Synonyms:

    Dovyalis; genus Dovyalis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Dovyalis"):

    Dovyalis caffra; kei apple; kei apple bush (vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits)

    Ceylon gooseberry; Dovyalis hebecarpa; ketembilla; ketembilla tree; kitambilla; kitembilla (a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India)

    Holonyms ("genus Dovyalis" is a member of...):

    family Flacourtiaceae; flacourtia family; Flacourtiaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs)

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