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    GENUS GARCINIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteensplay

    Synonyms:

    Garcinia; genus Garcinia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Garcinia"):

    Garcinia mangostana; mangosteen; mangosteen tree (East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit)

    gamboge tree; Garcinia cambogia; Garcinia gummi-gutta; Garcinia hanburyi (low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered)

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

    Clusiaceae; family Clusiaceae; family Guttiferae; Guttiferae; St John's wort family (widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber)

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