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MYROXYLON

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Meaning:

A genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers

Synonyms:

genus Myroxylon; Myroxylon

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Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Myroxylon"):

Myroxylon balsamum; Myroxylon toluiferum; tolu balsam tree; tolu tree (medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork)

Myroxylon balsamum pereirae; Myroxylon pereirae; Peruvian balsam (tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam)

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

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)

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