GENUS COMBRETUM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Combretum mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS COMBRETUM (noun)

Meaning:

Type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Combretum" 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 Combretum"):

combretum (any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers)

Combretum bracteosum; hiccough nut; hiccup nut (ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers)

bush willow; Combretum appiculatum (small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers)

bush willow; Combretum erythrophyllum (small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks)

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

Combretaceae; combretum family; family Combretaceae (a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales)