SCHINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Schinus mean? 

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

1. genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHINUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Schinus; Schinus

Hypernyms ("Schinus" 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)

Meronyms (members of "Schinus"):

aroeira blanca; Schinus chichita (small resinous tree or shrub of Brazil)

molle; pepper tree; Peruvian mastic tree; Schinus molle (small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits)

Brazilian pepper tree; Schinus terebinthifolius (small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen)

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

Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)