SPARMANNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sparmannia mean? 

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

1. small genus of tropical African shrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPARMANNIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of tropical African shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sparmannia; Sparmannia

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Sparmannia"):

African hemp; Sparmannia africana (large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers)

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

family Tiliaceae; linden family; Tiliaceae (chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia)