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English > 1 sense of the expression genus Guevina:
NOUNplantgenus Guevina, Guevinaone species
English > genus Guevina: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningOne species: Chilean nut.
SynonymGuevina
Member ofProteaceae, family Proteaceae, protea familylarge family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers
MembersChilean nut, Chile nut, Chile hazel, Chilean hazelnut, Guevina heterophylla, Guevina avellanaChilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination