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PTEROCARYA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pterocarya mean?
• PTEROCARYA (noun)
The noun PTEROCARYA has 1 sense:
1. Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts
Familiarity information: PTEROCARYA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pterocarya; Pterocarya
Hypernyms ("Pterocarya" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Pterocarya"):
wing-nut; wing nut (any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia)
Holonyms ("Pterocarya" is a member of...):
family Juglandaceae; Juglandaceae; walnut family (trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans)
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