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HARPULLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harpullia mean? 

HARPULLIA (noun)
  The noun HARPULLIA has 1 sense:

1. any of various tree of the genus Harpulliaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HARPULLIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various tree of the genus Harpullia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

tulipwood tree (any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harpullia"):

harpulla; Harpullia cupanioides (fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building)

Harpullia pendula; Moreton Bay tulipwood (Australian tree yielding a variegated tulipwood)

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

genus Harpullia (genus of tropical Asiatic and African trees)


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