HyperDic: genus_xylopia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Xylopia:
NOUNplantgenus Xylopia, Xylopiatropical evergreen trees or shrubs
English > genus Xylopia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African.
SynonymXylopia
Member ofAnnonaceae, family Annonaceae, custard-apple familychiefly tropical trees or shrubs
MembersGuinea pepper, negro pepper, Xylopia aethiopicaTropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine
Broadermagnoliid dicot genusgenus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
Spanishgenus xylopia, xylopia
Catalangenus xylopia, xylopia

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