GENUS TURREAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Turreae mean? 

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

1. genus of trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia and Australia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TURREAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia and Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Turreae"):

turreae (any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers)

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

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