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Syzygium
Syzygium
Translingual
Proper noun
Syzygium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – a genus of more than a thousand species, centered in the East Indies and Australia.
Hypernyms
- (family): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Myrtales - order; Myrtaceae - family; Myrtoideae - subfamily; Syzygieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Syzygium sect. Jamosa, Syzygium sect. Syzygium - sections
- Syzygium caryophyllatum - type species; Syzygium aromaticum (clove), Syzygium cumini, (jambul, damson plum), Syzygium jambos (rose apple), Syzygium luehmannii (riberry), Syzygium malaccense (Malay apple), Syzygium samarangense (wax apple) - selected species