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SCHEFFLERA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of shrubby and climbing tropical plants having showy digitately compound foliage
Synonyms:
genus Schefflera; Schefflera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Schefflera" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Schefflera"):
Brassaia actinophylla; Schefflera actinophylla; umbrella tree (erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves)
Holonyms ("Schefflera" is a member of...):
Araliaceae; family Araliaceae; ivy family (mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera)