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GENUS ACROCARPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Acrocarpus mean?
• GENUS ACROCARPUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ACROCARPUS has 1 sense:
1. small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia
Familiarity information: GENUS ACROCARPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Acrocarpus; genus Acrocarpus
Hypernyms ("genus Acrocarpus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Acrocarpus"):
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius; shingle tree (East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes)
Holonyms ("genus Acrocarpus" is a member of...):
Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)
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