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SHOREA TEYSMANNIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Shorea teysmanniana mean? 

SHOREA TEYSMANNIANA (noun)
  The noun SHOREA TEYSMANNIANA has 1 sense:

1. valuable Philippine timber treeplay

  Familiarity information: SHOREA TEYSMANNIANA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHOREA TEYSMANNIANA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Valuable Philippine timber tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

red lauan; red lauan tree; Shorea teysmanniana

Hypernyms ("Shorea teysmanniana" is a kind of...):

dipterocarp (tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae)

Meronyms (substance of "Shorea teysmanniana"):

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

Holonyms ("Shorea teysmanniana" is a member of...):

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


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