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VIRGILIA CAPENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Virgilia capensis mean? 

VIRGILIA CAPENSIS (noun)
  The noun VIRGILIA CAPENSIS has 1 sense:

1. tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowersplay

  Familiarity information: VIRGILIA CAPENSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VIRGILIA CAPENSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

keurboom; Virgilia capensis; Virgilia oroboides

Hypernyms ("Virgilia capensis" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Virgilia capensis" is a member of...):

genus Virgilia; Virgilia (genus of South African trees having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers followed by leathery pods)


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