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Dictionary entry overview: What does Afrocarpus mean?

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

1. dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus

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

Dictionary entry details

• AFROCARPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Afrocarpus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Afrocarpus; genus Afrocarpus

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

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Afrocarpus"):

Afrocarpus falcata; bastard yellowwood; common yellowwood (medium-sized tree of South Africa)

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

family Podocarpaceae; Podocarpaceae; podocarpus family (gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves)

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AFROCARPUS: related words searches

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