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GENUS DURIO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Durio mean?
• GENUS DURIO (noun)
The noun GENUS DURIO has 1 sense:
1. a genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS DURIO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Durio; genus Durio
Hypernyms ("genus Durio" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Durio"):
durian; durian tree; Durio zibethinus; durion (tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind)
Holonyms ("genus Durio" is a member of...):
Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)
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