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Webster 1913 Edition
Dipterocarpus
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Dipˊte-ro-car′pus
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] with two wings + [GREEK] fruit.]
(Bot.)
A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two long wings.
Definition 2024
Dipterocarpus
Dipterocarpus
Translingual
Dipterocarpus costatus
Proper noun
Dipterocarpus n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dipterocarpaceae – important timber trees of southeast Asia, also of medicinal interest.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Malvales - order; Dipterocarpaceae - family; Dipterocarpoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Dipterocarpus costatus - type species; For other species see
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