HyperDic: genus_mesua

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Mesua:
NOUNplantgenus Mesua, Mesuagenus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers
English > genus Mesua: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers.
SynonymMesua
Member ofGuttiferae, family Guttiferae, Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, St John's wort familywidely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
Membersrose chestnut, ironwood, ironwood tree, Mesua ferreahandsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishgenus mesua, mesua
Catalangenus mesua, mesua

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