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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 tree
Familiarity information: TIPUANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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