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JACQUINIA KEYENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jacquinia keyensis mean? 

JACQUINIA KEYENSIS (noun)
  The noun JACQUINIA KEYENSIS has 1 sense:

1. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard woodplay

  Familiarity information: JACQUINIA KEYENSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JACQUINIA KEYENSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

barbasco; Jacquinia keyensis; joewood

Hypernyms ("Jacquinia keyensis" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Jacquinia keyensis" is a member of...):

genus Jacquinia; Jacquinia (sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae)


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