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PARROTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parrotia mean? 

PARROTIA (noun)
  The noun PARROTIA has 1 sense:

1. one species: iron treeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PARROTIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: iron tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Parrotia; Parrotia

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Parrotia"):

iron-tree; iron tree; ironwood; ironwood tree (a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape)

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

family Hamamelidaceae; Hamamelidaceae; witch-hazel family (comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera)


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