genus dillenia

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1. East Indian and Australian shrubs and trees having panicles of large white or yellow flowers (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	dillenia,
definition	:	any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	dilleniaceae, family dilleniaceae,
definition	:	chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia and Hibbertia (noun.plant)