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ASTRONIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Astronium mean? 

ASTRONIUM (noun)
  The noun ASTRONIUM has 1 sense:

1. a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ASTRONIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Astronium; genus Astronium

Hypernyms ("Astronium" 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 "Astronium"):

Astronium fraxinifolium; goncalo alves (tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil; yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground; widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction)

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

Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)


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