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GENUS PIMENTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pimenta mean?
• GENUS PIMENTA (noun)
The noun GENUS PIMENTA has 1 sense:
1. allspice tree
Familiarity information: GENUS PIMENTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Allspice tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pimenta; Pimenta
Hypernyms ("genus Pimenta" 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)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pimenta"):
bay-rum tree; bayberry; Jamaica bayberry; Pimenta acris; wild cinnamon (West Indian tree; source of bay rum)
allspice; allspice tree; Pimenta dioica; pimento tree (aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries)
Holonyms ("genus Pimenta" is a member of...):
family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family (trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil)
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