GENUS THEOBROMA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Cacao plants

Synonyms:

genus Theobroma; Theobroma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Theobroma"):

cacao; cacao tree; chocolate tree; Theobroma cacao (tropical American tree producing cacao beans)

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

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)