FRINGE TREE

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Meaning:

Any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("fringe tree" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fringe tree"):

Chionanthus virginicus; fringe bush (small bushy tree of southeastern United States having profuse clusters of white flowers)

Holonyms ("fringe tree" is a member of...):

Chionanthus; genus Chionanthus (deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree)