CHLOROXYLON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chloroxylon mean? 

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

1. deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLOROXYLON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chloroxylon; genus Chloroxylon

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Chloroxylon"):

Chloroxylon swietenia; satinwood; satinwood tree (East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood)

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

family Meliaceae; mahogany family; Meliaceae (tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees)