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GENUS AZADIRACHTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Azadirachta mean?
• GENUS AZADIRACHTA (noun)
The noun GENUS AZADIRACHTA has 1 sense:
1. genus of large important East Indian trees: neem trees
Familiarity information: GENUS AZADIRACHTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of large important East Indian trees: neem trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Azadirachta; genus Azadirachta
Hypernyms ("genus Azadirachta" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Azadirachta"):
arishth; Azadirachta indica; margosa; Melia Azadirachta; neem; neem tree; nim tree (large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia)
Holonyms ("genus Azadirachta" is a member of...):
family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)
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