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PSEUDOBOMBAX

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tropical American deciduous shrubs or small trees

Synonyms:

genus Pseudobombax; Pseudobombax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Pseudobombax" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Pseudobombax"):

Pseudobombax ellipticum; shaving-brush tree (tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches before leaves appear)

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

Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)

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