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NEPHELIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australiaplay

Synonyms:

genus Nephelium; Nephelium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Nephelium" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Nephelium"):

Nephelium lappaceum; rambotan; rambutan; rambutan tree (Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit)

Nephelium mutabile; pulasan; pulasan tree; pulassan (East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan)

Holonyms ("Nephelium" is a member of...):

family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)

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