GENUS DELONIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Delonix mean? 

• GENUS DELONIX (noun)
  The noun GENUS DELONIX has 1 sense:

1. evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India

  Familiarity information: GENUS DELONIX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DELONIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Delonix; genus Delonix

Hypernyms ("genus Delonix" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Delonix"):

Delonix regia; flamboyant; flame tree; peacock flower; Poinciana regia; royal poinciana (showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana)

Holonyms ("genus Delonix" is a member of...):

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)