CLIFTONIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Cliftonia mean? • CLIFTONIA (noun)
The noun CLIFTONIA has 1 sense:
1. one species: titi
Familiarity information: CLIFTONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CLIFTONIA (noun)
Meaning:
One species: titi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cliftonia; genus Cliftonia
Hypernyms ("Cliftonia" 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 "Cliftonia"):
buckwheat tree; Cliftonia monophylla; titi (tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers)
Holonyms ("Cliftonia" is a member of...):
cyrilla family; Cyrilliaceae; family Cyrilliaceae; titi family (shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia)
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