GENUS XYLOPIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Xylopia mean? 

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

1. tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS XYLOPIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Xylopia; Xylopia

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

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Xylopia"):

Guinea pepper; negro pepper; Xylopia aethiopica (tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine)

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

Annonaceae; custard-apple family; family Annonaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs)