BUTEA FRONDOSA

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Meaning:

East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye

Synonyms:

Butea frondosa; Butea monosperma; dak; dhak; palas

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Butea frondosa" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Butea frondosa" is a member of...):

Butea; genus Butea (genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak)

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