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GENUS HERITIERA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses
Synonyms:
genus Heritiera; genus Terrietia; Heritiera; Terrietia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Heritiera" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Holonyms ("genus Heritiera" is a member of...):
family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)