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GENUS DIPTERYX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dipteryx mean? 

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

1. tropical American trees: tonka beansplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS DIPTERYX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American trees: tonka beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Coumarouna; Dipteryx; genus Coumarouna; genus Dipteryx

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus 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)


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