CHRYSOPHYLLUM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chrysophyllum mean? 

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

1. tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRYSOPHYLLUM (noun)

Meaning:

Tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysophyllum; genus Chrysophyllum

Hypernyms ("Chrysophyllum" 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 "Chrysophyllum"):

caimito; Chrysophyllum cainito; star apple (evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides)

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

family Sapotaceae; sapodilla family; Sapotaceae (tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit)