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PSEUDOBOMBAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pseudobombax mean?
• PSEUDOBOMBAX (noun)
The noun PSEUDOBOMBAX has 1 sense:
1. tropical American deciduous shrubs or small trees
Familiarity information: PSEUDOBOMBAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American deciduous shrubs or small trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pseudobombax; Pseudobombax
Hypernyms ("Pseudobombax" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Pseudobombax"):
Pseudobombax ellipticum; shaving-brush tree (tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches before leaves appear)
Holonyms ("Pseudobombax" is a member of...):
Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)
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