| NOUN | plant | Mesua, genus Mesua | genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers |
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| Meaning | genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers. | |
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| Synonym | genus Mesua | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
| Spanish | genus mesua, mesua | |
| Catalan | genus mesua, mesua | |
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