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GENUS IDESIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Idesia mean?
• GENUS IDESIA (noun)
The noun GENUS IDESIA has 1 sense:
1. one species
Familiarity information: GENUS IDESIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Idesia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Idesia"):
idesia; Idesia polycarpa (deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries)
Holonyms ("genus Idesia" is a member of...):
family Flacourtiaceae; flacourtia family; Flacourtiaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs)
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