DIPTERONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipteronia mean? 

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

1. small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPTERONIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dipteronia; genus Dipteronia

Hypernyms ("Dipteronia" 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)

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

Aceraceae; family Aceraceae; maple family (a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples)