CALOPHYLLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calophyllum mean? 

• CALOPHYLLUM (noun)
  The noun CALOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:

1. genus of tropical evergreen trees

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALOPHYLLUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical evergreen trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calophyllum; genus Calophyllum

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Calophyllum"):

poon (any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood)

calaba; Calophyllum calaba; Santa Maria tree (West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice)

Calophyllum longifolium; Maria (valuable timber tree of Panama)

Calophyllum candidissimum; lancewood tree; laurelwood (tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood)

Alexandrian laurel; Calophyllum inophyllum (East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers; coastal areas southern India to Malaysia)

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

Clusiaceae; family Clusiaceae; family Guttiferae; Guttiferae; St John's wort family (widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber)