xylomelum (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Xylomelum*:
NOUN	plant	Xylomelum, genus Xylomelum	small species of Australian trees or shrubs

English > *Xylomelum*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	small species of Australian trees or shrubs; grown for their fruit and flowers.
Synonym	genus Xylomelum
Member of	Proteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea family	large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
Members	native pear, woody pear, Xylomelum pyriforme	Tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp
Broader	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanish	genus xylomelum, xylomelum
Catalan	genus xylomelum, xylomelum

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