GENUS CLIFTONIA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cliftonia mean? 

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

1. one species: titi

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CLIFTONIA (noun)

Meaning:

One species: titi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cliftonia; genus Cliftonia

Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus 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)