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TRIPLOCHITON

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Meaning:

Small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves

Synonyms:

genus Triplochiton; Triplochiton

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Nouns denoting plants

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Triplochiton"):

arere; obeche; obechi; samba; Triplochiton scleroxcylon (large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood)

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

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)

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