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DIMOCARPUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
Dimocarpus; genus Dimocarpus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dimocarpus" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Dimocarpus"):
Dimocarpus longan; Euphorbia litchi; longan; longanberry; lungen; Nephelium longana (tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium)
Holonyms ("Dimocarpus" is a member of...):
family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)