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GENUS DURIO

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Meaning:

A genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae

Synonyms:

Durio; genus Durio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Durio" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Durio"):

durian; durian tree; Durio zibethinus; durion (tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind)

Holonyms ("genus Durio" is a member of...):

Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)

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