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ACROCARPUS

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(GB):

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Meaning:

Small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia

Synonyms:

Acrocarpus; genus Acrocarpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Acrocarpus"):

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius; shingle tree (East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes)

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

Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)

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