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GENUS HYMENAEA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of tropical American timber trees
Synonyms:
genus Hymenaea; Hymenaea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Hymenaea" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hymenaea"):
courbaril; Hymenaea courbaril (West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood)
Holonyms ("genus Hymenaea" is a member of...):
Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)