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    SPARMANNIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of tropical African shrubsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Sparmannia; Sparmannia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Sparmannia"):

    African hemp; Sparmannia africana (large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers)

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

    family Tiliaceae; linden family; Tiliaceae (chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia)

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