GENUS TURREAE

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Meaning:

Genus of trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia and Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Turreae"):

turreae (any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers)

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

family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)

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