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CURTISIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Curtisia mean? 

CURTISIA (noun)
  The noun CURTISIA has 1 sense:

1. a large evergreen tree of South Africaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CURTISIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A large evergreen tree of South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Curtisia; genus Curtisia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

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

Cornaceae; dogwood family; family Cornaceae (a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia)


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