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HARPULLIA

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Meaning:

Any of various tree of the genus Harpullia

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("harpullia" is a kind of...):

tulipwood tree (any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harpullia"):

harpulla; Harpullia cupanioides (fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building)

Harpullia pendula; Moreton Bay tulipwood (Australian tree yielding a variegated tulipwood)

Holonyms ("harpullia" is a member of...):

genus Harpullia (genus of tropical Asiatic and African trees)

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