HyperDic: genus_colubrina

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Colubrina:
NOUNplantgenus Colubrina, Colubrinamostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits
English > genus Colubrina: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningMostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits.
SynonymColubrina
Member ofRhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae, buckthorn familyTrees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value
MembersnakedwoodAny of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishcolubrina, genus colubrina
Catalancolubrina, genus colubrina

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