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SWIETINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Swietinia mean? 

SWIETINIA (noun)
  The noun SWIETINIA has 1 sense:

1. tropical American mahogany treesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SWIETINIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American mahogany trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Swietinia; Swietinia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Swietinia"):

Cuban mahogany; Dominican mahogany; Swietinia mahogani; true mahogany (mahogany tree of West Indies)

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

family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)


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