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GENUS CARISSA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Carissa" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Carissa"):
carissa (a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits)
Holonyms ("genus Carissa" is a member of...):
Apocynaceae; dogbane family; family Apocynaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs)
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