GENUS ALEURITES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aleurites mean? 

• GENUS ALEURITES (noun)
  The noun GENUS ALEURITES has 1 sense:

1. candlenut

  Familiarity information: GENUS ALEURITES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ALEURITES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Candlenut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aleurites; genus Aleurites

Hypernyms ("genus Aleurites" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aleurites"):

Aleurites moluccana; candlenut; varnish tree (large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles)

Aleurites fordii; tung; tung-oil tree; tung tree (Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil)

Holonyms ("genus Aleurites" is a member of...):

Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)