GUTTA-PERCHA TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gutta-percha tree mean? 

• GUTTA-PERCHA TREE (noun)
  The noun GUTTA-PERCHA TREE has 2 senses:

1. one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha

2. one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha

  Familiarity information: GUTTA-PERCHA TREE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUTTA-PERCHA TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gutta-percha tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("gutta-percha tree" is a member of...):

genus Payena; Payena (genus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gutta-percha tree; Palaquium gutta

Hypernyms ("gutta-percha tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("gutta-percha tree" is a member of...):

genus Palaquium; Palaquium (large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves)