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CARACOLITO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
caracolito; Ruptiliocarpon caracolito
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("caracolito" 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)
Holonyms ("caracolito" is a member of...):
genus Ruptiliocarpon; Ruptiliocarpon (new (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrys)
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