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SOUARI

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Meaning:

Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil

Synonyms:

Caryocar nuciferum; souari; souari nut; souari tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (parts of "souari"):

souari nut (a large nutlike seed of a South American tree)

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

Caryocar; genus Caryocar (type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts)

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