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SWIETINIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tropical American mahogany trees
Synonyms:
genus Swietinia; Swietinia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Swietinia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Swietinia"):
Cuban mahogany; Dominican mahogany; Swietinia mahogani; true mahogany (mahogany tree of West Indies)
Holonyms ("Swietinia" is a member of...):
family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)