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nouna large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)
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Definition that contains oceania
- polynesia the islands in the eastern part of Oceania
- micronesia the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania
- melanesia the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania
- genus retrophyllum small genus of tropical evergreen dioecious shrubs or trees of Oceania and tropical South America
- retrophyllum small genus of tropical evergreen dioecious shrubs or trees of Oceania and tropical South America