English > genus Mesua: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers. |
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| Synonym | Mesua |
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| Member of | Guttiferae, family Guttiferae, Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, St John's wort family | widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber |
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| Members | rose chestnut, ironwood, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea | handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume |
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| Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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| Spanish | genus mesua, mesua |
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| Catalan | genus mesua, mesua |
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