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GNETUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour
Synonyms:
gnetum; Gnetum gnemon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gnetum" is a kind of...):
gymnospermous tree (any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta)
Holonyms ("gnetum" is a member of...):
genus Gnetum (type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones)
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