FLACOURTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Flacourtia mean? 

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

1. often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLACOURTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Flacourtia; genus Flacourtia

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Flacourtia"):

batoko palm; Flacourtia indica; governor's plum; governor plum; Madagascar plum; ramontchi (small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums)

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

family Flacourtiaceae; flacourtia family; Flacourtiaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs)