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GENUS CONOCARPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Conocarpus mean?
• GENUS CONOCARPUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CONOCARPUS has 1 sense:
1. monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree
Familiarity information: GENUS CONOCARPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Conocarpus; genus Conocarpus
Hypernyms ("genus Conocarpus" 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 Conocarpus" is a member of...):
Combretaceae; combretum family; family Combretaceae (a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales)
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