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    GENUS SALVADORA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of evergreen trees or shrubs; fruit is a drupe; grows in Africa through Arabia to India and Chinaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Salvadora; Salvadora

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Salvadora" 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 Salvadora"):

    mustard tree; Salvadora persica; toothbrush tree (glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt)

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

    family Salvadoraceae; Salvadora family; Salvadoraceae (a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals)

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