ACROCARPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acrocarpus mean? 

• ACROCARPUS (noun)
  The noun ACROCARPUS has 1 sense:

1. small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia

  Familiarity information: ACROCARPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACROCARPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acrocarpus; genus Acrocarpus

Hypernyms ("Acrocarpus" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Acrocarpus"):

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius; shingle tree (East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes)

Holonyms ("Acrocarpus" is a member of...):

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)