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PERSOONIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Australian undershrubs to small trees: geebungs

Synonyms:

genus Persoonia; Persoonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Persoonia" 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 "Persoonia"):

geebung (any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits)

Holonyms ("Persoonia" is a member of...):

family Proteaceae; protea family; Proteaceae (large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales)

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