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KIRKIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs
Synonyms:
genus Kirkia; Kirkia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Kirkia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Kirkia"):
Kirkia wilmsii; pepper tree (small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs)
Holonyms ("Kirkia" is a member of...):
family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit)
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