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MYRSINE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage; Africa; Asia (New Zealand)
Synonyms:
genus Myrsine; Myrsine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Myrsine" 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)
Holonyms ("Myrsine" is a member of...):
family Myrsinaceae; Myrsinaceae; myrsine family (family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs; some in Florida)