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NAGEIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea
Synonyms:
genus Nageia; Nageia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nageia" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Nageia"):
Nageia nagi; nagi (medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan)
Holonyms ("Nageia" is a member of...):
family Podocarpaceae; Podocarpaceae; podocarpus family (gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves)