HyperDic: genus_jacquinia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Jacquinia:
NOUNplantgenus Jacquinia, Jacquiniasometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae
English > genus Jacquinia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae.
SynonymJacquinia
Member ofTheophrastaceae, family Theophrastaceaefamily of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae
Membersbarbasco, joewood, Jacquinia keyensisWest Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
bracelet wood, Jacquinia armillarissmall West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus jacquinia, jacquinia
Catalangenus jacquinia, jacquinia

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