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GENUS ACHRAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Achras mean? 

GENUS ACHRAS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ACHRAS has 1 sense:

1. tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruitplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS ACHRAS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ACHRAS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Achras; genus Achras

Hypernyms ("genus Achras" 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)

Holonyms ("genus Achras" is a member of...):

family Sapotaceae; sapodilla family; Sapotaceae (tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit)


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