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PALAQUIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves
Synonyms:
genus Palaquium; Palaquium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Palaquium" 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 "Palaquium"):
gutta-percha tree; Palaquium gutta (one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha)
Holonyms ("Palaquium" is a member of...):
family Sapotaceae; sapodilla family; Sapotaceae (tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit)