HYDNOCARPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hydnocarpus mean? 

• HYDNOCARPUS (noun)
  The noun HYDNOCARPUS has 1 sense:

1. medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDNOCARPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hydnocarpus; genus Taraktagenos; genus Taraktogenos; Hydnocarpus; Taraktagenos; Taraktogenos

Hypernyms ("Hydnocarpus" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Hydnocarpus"):

chaulmoogra; chaulmoogra tree; chaulmugra; Hydnocarpus kurzii; Taraktagenos kurzii; Taraktogenos kurzii (East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy)

Hydnocarpus laurifolia; Hydnocarpus wightiana (leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil)

Holonyms ("Hydnocarpus" is a member of...):

family Flacourtiaceae; flacourtia family; Flacourtiaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs)

 Context examples 

Hydnocarpus seed oil is used for its antibacterial properties in the treatment of leprosy and other skin conditions.

(Hydnocarpus kurzii Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)