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    GENUS KIRKIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Kirkia; Kirkia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Kirkia"):

    Kirkia wilmsii; pepper tree (small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs)

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

    family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit)

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