genus carissa

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   Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofApocynaceae

Questions about genus carissa

What does genus carissa mean?

genus carissa means "Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs".

Is genus carissa a common word?

genus carissa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.