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XYLOMELUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small species of Australian trees or shrubs; grown for their fruit and flowers
Synonyms:
genus Xylomelum; Xylomelum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Xylomelum" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Xylomelum"):
native pear; woody pear; Xylomelum pyriforme (tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp)
Holonyms ("Xylomelum" is a member of...):
family Proteaceae; protea family; Proteaceae (large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales)
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