FAMILY DIPTEROCARPACEAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins

Synonyms:

Dipterocarpaceae; family Dipterocarpaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Dipterocarpaceae" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "family Dipterocarpaceae"):

dipterocarp (tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae)

genus Shorea; Shorea (genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin)

Holonyms ("family Dipterocarpaceae" is a member of...):

Hypericales; order Hypericales; order Parietales; Parietales (a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae)