CARACOLITO

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families

Synonyms:

caracolito; Ruptiliocarpon caracolito

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("caracolito" 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 ("caracolito" is a member of...):

genus Ruptiliocarpon; Ruptiliocarpon (new (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrys)

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