ENTEROLOBIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Enterolobium mean? 

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

1. small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTEROLOBIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Enterolobium; genus Enterolobium

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Enterolobium"):

conacaste; elephant's ear; Enterolobium cyclocarpa (tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber)

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

Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)