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CURTISIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Curtisia mean?

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

1. a large evergreen tree of South Africa

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

Dictionary entry details

• CURTISIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A large evergreen tree of South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Curtisia; genus Curtisia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

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

Cornaceae; dogwood family; family Cornaceae (a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia)

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