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MEDINILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Medinilla mean? 

MEDINILLA (noun)
  The noun MEDINILLA has 1 sense:

1. tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MEDINILLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Medinilla; Medinilla

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Medinilla"):

Medinilla magnifica (a beautiful tropical evergreen epiphytic shrub grown for its lush foliage and huge panicles of pink flowers; Philippines)

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

family Melastomaceae; family Melastomataceae; meadow-beauty family; Melastomaceae; Melastomataceae (a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals)


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