MONTEZUMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Montezuma mean? 

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

1. evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONTEZUMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

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

genus Montezuma (one species: medium-sized evergreen tree of Puerto Rico or Mexico)