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GENUS DIPTERYX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dipteryx mean?
• GENUS DIPTERYX (noun)
The noun GENUS DIPTERYX has 1 sense:
1. tropical American trees: tonka beans
Familiarity information: GENUS DIPTERYX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American trees: tonka beans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Coumarouna; Dipteryx; genus Coumarouna; genus Dipteryx
Hypernyms ("genus Dipteryx" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Dipteryx"):
Coumarouna odorata; Dipteryx odorata; tonka bean; tonka bean tree (tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring)
Holonyms ("genus Dipteryx" is a member of...):
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)
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