HERITIERA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses

Synonyms:

genus Heritiera; genus Terrietia; Heritiera; Terrietia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)

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