MESUA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mesua mean? 

• MESUA (noun)
  The noun MESUA has 1 sense:

1. genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers

  Familiarity information: MESUA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESUA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Mesua; Mesua

Hypernyms ("Mesua" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Mesua"):

ironwood; ironwood tree; Mesua ferrea; rose chestnut (handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties)

Holonyms ("Mesua" is a member of...):

Clusiaceae; family Clusiaceae; family Guttiferae; Guttiferae; St John's wort family (widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber)