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FAMILY DIPTEROCARPACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins

Synonyms:

Dipterocarpaceae; family Dipterocarpaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Dipterocarpaceae" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "family Dipterocarpaceae"):

dipterocarp (tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae)

genus Shorea; Shorea (genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin)

Holonyms ("family Dipterocarpaceae" is a member of...):

Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)

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