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GENUS DODONAEA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of tropical shrub or tree
Synonyms:
Dodonaea; genus Dodonaea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Dodonaea" 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 Dodonaea"):
aalii (a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood)
Holonyms ("genus Dodonaea" is a member of...):
family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)