GENUS XYLOPIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Xylopia mean? • GENUS XYLOPIA (noun)
The noun GENUS XYLOPIA has 1 sense:
1. tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African
Familiarity information: GENUS XYLOPIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS XYLOPIA (noun)
Meaning:
Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Xylopia; Xylopia
Hypernyms ("genus Xylopia" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Xylopia"):
Guinea pepper; negro pepper; Xylopia aethiopica (tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine)
Holonyms ("genus Xylopia" is a member of...):
Annonaceae; custard-apple family; family Annonaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs)
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