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GENUS TRIPLOCHITON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves
Synonyms:
genus Triplochiton; Triplochiton
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Triplochiton" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Triplochiton"):
arere; obeche; obechi; samba; Triplochiton scleroxcylon (large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood)
Holonyms ("genus Triplochiton" is a member of...):
family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)