SPARMANNIA AFRICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sparmannia africana mean? 

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

1. large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPARMANNIA AFRICANA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

African hemp; Sparmannia africana

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

genus Sparmannia; Sparmannia (small genus of tropical African shrubs)