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GENUS COMBRETUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Combretum" 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 Combretum"):
combretum (any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers)
Combretum bracteosum; hiccough nut; hiccup nut (ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers)
bush willow; Combretum appiculatum (small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers)
bush willow; Combretum erythrophyllum (small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks)
Holonyms ("genus Combretum" is a member of...):
Combretaceae; combretum family; family Combretaceae (a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales)