PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pterocarpus marsupium mean? 

• PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM (noun)
  The noun PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM has 1 sense:

1. East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning

  Familiarity information: PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

kino; Pterocarpus marsupium

Hypernyms ("Pterocarpus marsupium" 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)

Meronyms (substance of "Pterocarpus marsupium"):

East India kino; kino gum; Malabar kino (reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc)

Holonyms ("Pterocarpus marsupium" is a member of...):

genus Pterocarpus; Pterocarpus (genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods)