noun
type genus of Ochnaceae; evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics
• Syn: ↑genus Ochna
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ochnaceae, ↑family Ochnaceae, ↑ochna family
• Member Meronyms: ↑bird's-eye bush, ↑Ochna serrulata
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\\ˈäknə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ochnē, onchnē pear tree; probably akin to Greek achras, a wild pear tree (probably Pyrus amygdaliformis) — more at achras
: a genus (the type of the family Ochnaceae) of African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having yellow flowers with coriaceous petaloid sepals and numerous stamens
Useful english dictionary. 2012.