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Pyrularia

noun

small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs

• Syn: ↑genus Pyrularia

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Santalaceae, ↑family Santalaceae, ↑sandalwood family

• Member Meronyms: ↑rabbitwood, ↑buffalo nut, ↑Pyrularia pubera

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈla(a)rēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin pyrum, pirum pear + -ula + New Latin -aria

: a small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic or half-parasitic shrubs (family Santalaceae) having alternate deciduous leaves, small green racemose apetalous flowers, and pear-shaped drupes with oily seeds — see rabbitwood

Useful english dictionary. 2012.