genus Xylopia

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genus Xylopia - tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African Xylopia magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms Annonaceae, custard-apple family, family Annonaceae - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs negro pepper, Xylopia aethiopica, Guinea pepper - tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine

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