DOVYALIS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dovyalis mean? 

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

1. small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees; Africa; India; Sri Lanka

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOVYALIS (noun)

Meaning:

Small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees; Africa; India; Sri Lanka

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dovyalis; genus Dovyalis

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Dovyalis"):

Dovyalis caffra; kei apple; kei apple bush (vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits)

Ceylon gooseberry; Dovyalis hebecarpa; ketembilla; ketembilla tree; kitambilla; kitembilla (a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India)

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

family Flacourtiaceae; flacourtia family; Flacourtiaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs)