IRVINGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Irvingia mean? 

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

1. wild mango

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRVINGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wild mango

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Irvingia; Irvingia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Irvingia"):

dika; Irvingia gabonensis; wild mango; wild mango tree (African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites)

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

family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit)