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GENUS TURREAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia and Australia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Turreae" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Turreae"):
turreae (any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Turreae" is a member of...):
family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)