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PLATYMISCIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical American trees: quira

Synonyms:

genus Platymiscium; Platymiscium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Platymiscium"):

quira (any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber)

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

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

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