THESPESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thespesia mean? 

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

1. a small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THESPESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Thespesia; Thespesia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Thespesia"):

bendy tree; portia tree; seaside mahoe; Thespesia populnea (pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds)

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

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)