Akademik

Schinus

noun

genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China

• Syn: ↑genus Schinus

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anacardiaceae, ↑family Anacardiaceae, ↑sumac family

• Member Meronyms:

↑aroeira blanca, ↑Schinus chichita, ↑pepper tree, ↑molle, ↑Peruvian mastic tree, ↑Schinus molle, ↑Brazilian pepper tree, ↑Schinus terebinthifolius

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\\ˈskīnəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek schinos mastic tree

: a genus of tropical American trees (family Anacardiaceae) with odd-pinnate leaves and small dioecious white flowers in panicles — see pepper tree

Useful english dictionary. 2012.