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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 flourplay

  Familiarity information: GNETUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GNETUM (noun)


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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