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AEGICERAS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceae
Synonyms:
Aegiceras; genus Aegiceras
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Aegiceras" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Aegiceras"):
Aegiceras majus; black mangrove (an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida)
Holonyms ("Aegiceras" is a member of...):
family Verbenaceae; verbena family; Verbenaceae; vervain family (family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees)