English > genus Eugenia: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood. |
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Synonym | Eugenia |
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Member of | Myrtaceae, family Myrtaceae, myrtle family | Trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil |
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Members | Surinam cherry, pitanga, Eugenia uniflora | Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit |
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nakedwood, Eugenia dicrana | Tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood |
rose apple, rose-apple tree, jambosa, Eugenia jambos | Tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit |
sour cherry, Eugenia corynantha | Australian tree with sour red fruit |
Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | eugenia, Eugenia, genus eugenia |
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Catalan | eugenia, genus eugenia |
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