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MACLURA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Maclura mean?
• MACLURA (noun)
The noun MACLURA has 1 sense:
1. yellowwood trees or shrubs
Familiarity information: MACLURA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Yellowwood trees or shrubs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Maclura; Maclura
Hypernyms ("Maclura" 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)
Holonyms ("Maclura" is a member of...):
family Moraceae; Moraceae; mulberry family (trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis)
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