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GENUS PUNICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Punica mean?
• GENUS PUNICA (noun)
The noun GENUS PUNICA has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the family Punicaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS PUNICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the family Punicaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Punica; Punica
Hypernyms ("genus Punica" 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 Punica"):
pomegranate; pomegranate tree; Punica granatum (shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit)
Holonyms ("genus Punica" is a member of...):
family Punicaceae; Punicaceae (one species: pomegranates)
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