EUGENIA AROMATICUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eugenia aromaticum mean? 

• EUGENIA AROMATICUM (noun)
  The noun EUGENIA AROMATICUM has 1 sense:

1. moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves

  Familiarity information: EUGENIA AROMATICUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUGENIA AROMATICUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

clove; clove tree; Eugenia aromaticum; Eugenia caryophyllatum; Syzygium aromaticum

Hypernyms ("Eugenia aromaticum" is a kind of...):

spice tree (tree bearing aromatic bark or berries)

Meronyms (parts of "Eugenia aromaticum"):

clove (aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice)

Holonyms ("Eugenia aromaticum" is a member of...):

genus Syzygium; Syzygium (a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere)