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JACQUINIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae
Synonyms:
genus Jacquinia; Jacquinia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Jacquinia" 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 "Jacquinia"):
bracelet wood; Jacquinia armillaris (small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets)
barbasco; Jacquinia keyensis; joewood (West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood)
Holonyms ("Jacquinia" is a member of...):
family Theophrastaceae; Theophrastaceae (family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae)
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