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NEPHELIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia
Synonyms:
genus Nephelium; Nephelium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nephelium" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Nephelium"):
Nephelium lappaceum; rambotan; rambutan; rambutan tree (Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit)
Nephelium mutabile; pulasan; pulasan tree; pulassan (East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan)
Holonyms ("Nephelium" is a member of...):
family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)
