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NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM

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Meaning:

Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit

Synonyms:

Nephelium lappaceum; rambotan; rambutan; rambutan tree

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Nephelium lappaceum" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "Nephelium lappaceum"):

rambotan; rambutan (pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines)

Holonyms ("Nephelium lappaceum" is a member of...):

genus Nephelium; Nephelium (a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia)

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