DIPTEROCARPACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipterocarpaceae mean? 

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

1. chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPTEROCARPACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dipterocarpaceae; family Dipterocarpaceae

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

dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Dipterocarpaceae"):

dipterocarp (tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae)

genus Shorea; Shorea (genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin)

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

Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)