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NUYTSIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
genus Nuytsia; Nuytsia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nuytsia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Nuytsia"):
Christmas tree; fire tree; flame tree; Nuytsia floribunda (a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses)
Holonyms ("Nuytsia" is a member of...):
family Loranthaceae; Loranthaceae; mistletoe family (in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria)