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    NETTLE TREE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruitsplay

    Synonyms:

    hackberry; nettle tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("nettle tree" is a kind of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nettle tree"):

    Celtis australis; European hackberry; Mediterranean hackberry (bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe)

    American hackberry; Celtis occidentalis (large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries)

    Celtis laevigata; sugarberry (deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood)

    Holonyms ("nettle tree" is a member of...):

    Celtis; genus Celtis (large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit)

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