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PLATYMISCIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical American trees: quira
Synonyms:
genus Platymiscium; Platymiscium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Platymiscium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Platymiscium"):
quira (any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber)
Holonyms ("Platymiscium" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)