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PTEROCARPUS INDICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pterocarpus indicus mean? 

PTEROCARPUS INDICUS (noun)
  The noun PTEROCARPUS INDICUS has 1 sense:

1. tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grainplay

  Familiarity information: PTEROCARPUS INDICUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PTEROCARPUS INDICUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

amboyna; padauk; padouk; Pterocarpus indicus

Hypernyms ("Pterocarpus indicus" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "Pterocarpus indicus"):

amboyna; Andaman redwood (mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus)

Holonyms ("Pterocarpus indicus" is a member of...):

genus Pterocarpus; Pterocarpus (genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods)


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