Hovenia

Translingual

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Etymology

Apparently named after David ten Hove (1724-1787) (name alternatively given as David Hoven),^[1] a Dutch senator and botanical patron who supported Carl Peter Thunberg's floral expedition of South Africa,^[2] though information on the senator is scarce beyond the naming of the hovenia.

Proper noun

Hovenia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – raisin trees, endemic to Asia, from India to Japan.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rhamnaceae – family; Ziziphoideae – subfamily; Paliureae – tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Hovenia dulcis (Japanese raisin tree, Oriental raisin tree) – type species