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TURREAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("turreae" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("turreae" is a member of...):
genus Turreae (genus of trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia and Australia)