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GENUS PIMENTA

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pimenta mean?

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

1. allspice tree

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS PIMENTA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Allspice tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pimenta; Pimenta

Hypernyms ("genus Pimenta" 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 Pimenta"):

bay-rum tree; bayberry; Jamaica bayberry; Pimenta acris; wild cinnamon (West Indian tree; source of bay rum)

allspice; allspice tree; Pimenta dioica; pimento tree (aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries)

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

family Myrtaceae; Myrtaceae; myrtle family (trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil)

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