GENUS THEOBROMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Theobroma mean? 

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

1. cacao plants

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS THEOBROMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cacao plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Theobroma; Theobroma

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Theobroma"):

cacao; cacao tree; chocolate tree; Theobroma cacao (tropical American tree producing cacao beans)

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

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)