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    GENUS SCHINUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and Chinaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Schinus; Schinus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Schinus" 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 Schinus"):

    aroeira blanca; Schinus chichita (small resinous tree or shrub of Brazil)

    molle; pepper tree; Peruvian mastic tree; Schinus molle (small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits)

    Brazilian pepper tree; Schinus terebinthifolius (small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen)

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

    Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)

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