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LITHOCARPUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
genus Lithocarpus; Lithocarpus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lithocarpus" is a kind of...):
hamamelid dicot genus (genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)
Meronyms (members of "Lithocarpus"):
Lithocarpus densiflorus; tanbark oak (evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark)
Holonyms ("Lithocarpus" is a member of...):
beech family; Fagaceae; family Fagaceae (chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus)