TRIFOLIATA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges

Synonyms:

Poncirus trifoliata; trifoliata; trifoliate orange; wild orange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("trifoliata" 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)

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

genus Poncirus; Poncirus (one species: trifoliate orange)

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