COMBRETUM

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Meaning:

Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)

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

genus Combretum (type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees)