GENUS BOCCONIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bocconia mean? • GENUS BOCCONIA (noun)
The noun GENUS BOCCONIA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya
Familiarity information: GENUS BOCCONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS BOCCONIA (noun)
Meaning:
Tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Bocconia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bocconia"):
bocconia; Bocconia frutescens; tree celandine (small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Bocconia" is a member of...):
family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)
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