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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 Bombacaceaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS DURIO (noun)


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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