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RUPTILIOCARPON

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Meaning:

New (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrys

Synonyms:

genus Ruptiliocarpon; Ruptiliocarpon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Ruptiliocarpon"):

caracolito; Ruptiliocarpon caracolito (large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families)

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

family Lepidobotryaceae; Lepidobotryaceae (family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa)

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