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GENUS MELICYTUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of deciduous shrubs or trees; fruit is a berry; grow in New Zealand and Fiji and Solomon Islands
Synonyms:
genus Melicytus; Melicytus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Melicytus" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Holonyms ("genus Melicytus" is a member of...):
family Violaceae; Violaceae; violet family (a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus)