HyperDic: genus_xylomelum

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Xylomelum:
NOUNplantgenus Xylomelum, Xylomelumsmall species of Australian trees or shrubs
English > genus Xylomelum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall species of Australian trees or shrubs; grown for their fruit and flowers.
SynonymXylomelum
Member ofProteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea familylarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
Membersnative pear, woody pear, Xylomelum pyriformeTree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus xylomelum, xylomelum
Catalangenus xylomelum, xylomelum

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