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DIMOCARPUS LONGAN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium
Synonyms:
Dimocarpus longan; Euphorbia litchi; longan; longanberry; lungen; Nephelium longana
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Hypernyms ("Dimocarpus longan" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "Dimocarpus longan"):
dragon's eye; longanberry (Asian fruit similar to litchi)
Holonyms ("Dimocarpus longan" is a member of...):
Dimocarpus; genus Dimocarpus (longan)