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FALCATIFOLIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Falcatifolium mean? 

FALCATIFOLIUM (noun)
  The noun FALCATIFOLIUM has 1 sense:

1. sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledoniaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FALCATIFOLIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Falcatifolium; genus Falcatifolium

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

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Falcatifolium"):

common sickle pine; Falcatifolium falciforme (small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia)

Falcatifolium taxoides; yellow-leaf sickle pine (a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew)

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

family Podocarpaceae; Podocarpaceae; podocarpus family (gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves)


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