DIPTERYX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipteryx mean? 

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

1. tropical American trees: tonka beans

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPTERYX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American trees: tonka beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Coumarouna; Dipteryx; genus Coumarouna; genus Dipteryx

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Dipteryx"):

Coumarouna odorata; Dipteryx odorata; tonka bean; tonka bean tree (tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring)

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

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)