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GENUS AFROCARPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Afrocarpus mean? 

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

1. dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpusplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS AFROCARPUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Afrocarpus; genus Afrocarpus

Hypernyms ("genus Afrocarpus" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Afrocarpus"):

Afrocarpus falcata; bastard yellowwood; common yellowwood (medium-sized tree of South Africa)

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

family Podocarpaceae; Podocarpaceae; podocarpus family (gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves)


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