genus pinckneya

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   small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America

   SynonymsPinckneya

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofRubiaceae

Questions about genus pinckneya

What does genus pinckneya mean?

genus pinckneya means "small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America".

What is another word for genus pinckneya?

Close synonyms include Pinckneya. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus pinckneya a common word?

genus pinckneya 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.