GENUS DOVYALIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees; Africa; India; Sri Lanka

Synonyms:

Dovyalis; genus Dovyalis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Dovyalis" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dovyalis"):

Dovyalis caffra; kei apple; kei apple bush (vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits)

Ceylon gooseberry; Dovyalis hebecarpa; ketembilla; ketembilla tree; kitambilla; kitembilla (a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India)

Holonyms ("genus Dovyalis" is a member of...):

family Flacourtiaceae; flacourtia family; Flacourtiaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs)