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GENUS MONTEZUMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: medium-sized evergreen tree of Puerto Rico or Mexico
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Montezuma" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Montezuma"):
Montezuma (evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae)
Holonyms ("genus Montezuma" is a member of...):
Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)