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CANANGA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of Malayan tree
Synonyms:
Cananga; Canangium; genus Cananga; genus Canangium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cananga" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Cananga"):
Cananga odorata; ilang-ilang; ylang-ylang (evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental)
Holonyms ("Cananga" is a member of...):
Annonaceae; custard-apple family; family Annonaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs)
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