GENUS DIOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dioon mean? 

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

1. small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DIOON (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

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

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dioon"):

dioon (any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks)

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

family Zamiaceae; zamia family; Zamiaceae (a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias)