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GENUS EUCALYPTUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tall trees native to the Australian region; source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Eucalyptus" 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 Eucalyptus"):
eucalypt; eucalyptus; eucalyptus tree (a tree of the genus Eucalyptus)
Holonyms ("genus Eucalyptus" is a member of...):
family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family (trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil)