GENUS ASTRONIUM

• GENUS ASTRONIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS ASTRONIUM has 1 sense:

1. a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae

  Familiarity information: GENUS ASTRONIUM used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS ASTRONIUM (noun)

Meaning:

A genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Astronium; genus Astronium

Hypernyms ("genus Astronium" 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 "genus Astronium"):

Astronium fraxinifolium; goncalo alves (tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil; yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground; widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction)

Holonyms ("genus Astronium" is a member of...):

Anacardiaceae; family Anacardiaceae; sumac family (the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac)