HyperDic: genus_cordia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cordia:
NOUNplantgenus Cordia, Cordiatropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae
English > genus Cordia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae.
SynonymCordia
Member ofBoraginaceae, family Boraginaceae, borage familyA widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
MembersSpanish elm, Equador laurel, salmwood, cypre, princewood, Cordia alliodoralarge tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood
princewood, Spanish elm, Cordia gerascanthusTropical American timber tree
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishcordia, genus cordia
Catalancordia, genus cordia

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