RED LAUAN TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red lauan tree mean? 

• RED LAUAN TREE (noun)
  The noun RED LAUAN TREE has 1 sense:

1. valuable Philippine timber tree

  Familiarity information: RED LAUAN TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED LAUAN TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Valuable Philippine timber tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

red lauan; red lauan tree; Shorea teysmanniana

Hypernyms ("red lauan tree" is a kind of...):

dipterocarp (tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae)

Meronyms (substance of "red lauan tree"):

red lauan (hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahogany)

Holonyms ("red lauan tree" is a member of...):

genus Shorea; Shorea (genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin)