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NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nephelium lappaceum mean? 

NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM (noun)
  The noun NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM has 1 sense:

1. Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruitplay

  Familiarity information: NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Nephelium lappaceum; rambotan; rambutan; rambutan tree

Hypernyms ("Nephelium lappaceum" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "Nephelium lappaceum"):

rambotan; rambutan (pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines)

Holonyms ("Nephelium lappaceum" is a member of...):

genus Nephelium; Nephelium (a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia)


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