GENUS PROTIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Protium mean? 

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

1. genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PROTIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Protium; Protium

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Protium"):

Protium heptaphyllum; Protium guianense (tropical American tree)

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

Burseraceae; family Burseraceae; torchwood family (resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees)