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TIPUANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tipuana mean? 

TIPUANA (noun)
  The noun TIPUANA has 1 sense:

1. one species: South American tree: tipu treeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TIPUANA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: South American tree: tipu tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Tipuana; Tipuana

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Tipuana"):

pride of Bolivia; tipu; tipu tree; yellow jacaranda (semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental)

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

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)


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