genus xylosma

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1. genus of tropical American and Asiatic spiny evergreen trees and shrubs (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dilleniid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	xylosma, xylosma congestum,
definition	:	shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family flacourtiaceae, flacourtia family, flacourtiaceae,
definition	:	chiefly tropical trees and shrubs (noun.plant)