GENUS SWIETINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Swietinia mean? 

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

1. tropical American mahogany trees

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SWIETINIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American mahogany trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Swietinia; Swietinia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Swietinia"):

Cuban mahogany; Dominican mahogany; Swietinia mahogani; true mahogany (mahogany tree of West Indies)

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

family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)