GENUS CERATONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ceratonia mean? 

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

1. carobs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CERATONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carobs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ceratonia; genus Ceratonia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ceratonia"):

algarroba; carob; carob bean tree; carob tree; Ceratonia siliqua (evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob)

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

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)