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OCHNA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of Ochnaceae; evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics
Synonyms:
genus Ochna; Ochna
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ochna" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Ochna"):
bird's-eye bush; Ochna serrulata (shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals)
Holonyms ("Ochna" is a member of...):
family Ochnaceae; ochna family; Ochnaceae (family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves)