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PSYCHOTRIA CAPENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Psychotria capensis mean? 

PSYCHOTRIA CAPENSIS (noun)
  The noun PSYCHOTRIA CAPENSIS has 1 sense:

1. South African evergreen having hard tough woodplay

  Familiarity information: PSYCHOTRIA CAPENSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PSYCHOTRIA CAPENSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

South African evergreen having hard tough wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lemon-wood; lemon-wood tree; lemonwood; lemonwood tree; Psychotria capensis

Hypernyms ("Psychotria capensis" 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)

Meronyms (parts of "Psychotria capensis"):

lemonwood (hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods)

Holonyms ("Psychotria capensis" is a member of...):

genus Psychotria; Psychotria (tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees)


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