AFROCARPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Afrocarpus mean? 

• AFROCARPUS (noun)
  The noun AFROCARPUS has 1 sense:

1. dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus

  Familiarity information: AFROCARPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFROCARPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Afrocarpus; genus Afrocarpus

Hypernyms ("Afrocarpus" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Afrocarpus"):

Afrocarpus falcata; bastard yellowwood; common yellowwood (medium-sized tree of South Africa)

Holonyms ("Afrocarpus" is a member of...):

family Podocarpaceae; Podocarpaceae; podocarpus family (gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves)