DILLENIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dillenia mean? 

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

1. any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DILLENIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

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

genus Dillenia (East Indian and Australian shrubs and trees having panicles of large white or yellow flowers)