SYZYGIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Syzygium mean? 

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

1. a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYZYGIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Syzygium; Syzygium

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Syzygium"):

clove; clove tree; Eugenia aromaticum; Eugenia caryophyllatum; Syzygium aromaticum (moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves)

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

family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family (trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil)

 Context examples 

The essential oil extracted from Syzygium aromaticum.

(Clove Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

A dimeglumine formulation of bevirimat, a drug derived from a betulinic acid-like compound, first isolated from the Chinese herb Syzygium claviflorum, with activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(Bevirimat Dimeglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug derived from a betulinic acid-like compound, first isolated from the Chinese herb Syzygium claviflorum, with activity against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(Bevirimat, NCI Thesaurus)