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GNETUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gnetum mean?
• GNETUM (noun)
The noun GNETUM has 1 sense:
1. small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour
Familiarity information: GNETUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
gnetum; Gnetum gnemon
Hypernyms ("gnetum" is a kind of...):
gymnospermous tree (any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta)
Holonyms ("gnetum" is a member of...):
genus Gnetum (type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones)
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