LEPIDOBOTRYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lepidobotrys mean? 

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

1. African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEPIDOBOTRYS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lepidobotrys" 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 ("lepidobotrys" is a member of...):

genus Lepidobotrys (a genus of dicotyledonous trees belonging to the family Lepidobotryaceae)