GENUS CARISSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Carissa mean? 

• GENUS CARISSA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CARISSA has 1 sense:

1. Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CARISSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Carissa" 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)

Meronyms (members of "genus Carissa"):

carissa (a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits)

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

Apocynaceae; dogbane family; family Apocynaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs)