GNETUM GNEMON

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gnetum gnemon mean? 

• GNETUM GNEMON (noun)
  The noun GNETUM GNEMON has 1 sense:

1. small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour

  Familiarity information: GNETUM GNEMON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GNETUM GNEMON (noun)

Meaning:

Small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gnetum; Gnetum gnemon

Hypernyms ("Gnetum gnemon" is a kind of...):

gymnospermous tree (any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta)

Holonyms ("Gnetum gnemon" is a member of...):

genus Gnetum (type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones)