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GENUS FLINDERSIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Flindersia mean?
• GENUS FLINDERSIA (noun)
The noun GENUS FLINDERSIA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of Australian timber trees
Familiarity information: GENUS FLINDERSIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of Australian timber trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Flindersia; genus Flindersia
Hypernyms ("genus Flindersia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Flindersia"):
silver ash (any of various timber trees of the genus Flindersia)
Holonyms ("genus Flindersia" is a member of...):
family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)
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