HyperDic: genus_carissa

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Carissa:
NOUNplantgenus CarissaOld World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs
English > genus Carissa: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningOld World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs.
Member ofApocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane familychiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers
MemberscarissaA shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus carissa
Catalangenus carissa

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