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OXANDRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxandra mean? 

OXANDRA (noun)
  The noun OXANDRA has 1 sense:

1. genus of tropical treesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OXANDRA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of tropical trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Oxandra; Oxandra

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

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

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

Annonaceae; custard-apple family; family Annonaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs)


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