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PIPTURUS ALBIDUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pipturus albidus mean?
• PIPTURUS ALBIDUS (noun)
The noun PIPTURUS ALBIDUS has 1 sense:
1. Hawaiian tree of genus Pipturus having a bark (tapa) from which tapa cloth is made
Familiarity information: PIPTURUS ALBIDUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hawaiian tree of genus Pipturus having a bark (tapa) from which tapa cloth is made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Pipturus albidus" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("Pipturus albidus" is a member of...):
genus Pipturus; Pipturus (an Australian genus of woody plants of the family Urticaceae)
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