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MYRCIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family
Synonyms:
genus Myrciaria; Myrcia; Myrciaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Myrcia" 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 "Myrcia"):
jaboticaba; jaboticaba tree; Myrciaria cauliflora (small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches)
Holonyms ("Myrcia" is a member of...):
family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family (trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil)
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