/ English Dictionary

PROTIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi

Synonyms:

genus Protium; Protium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Protium"):

Protium heptaphyllum; Protium guianense (tropical American tree)

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

Burseraceae; family Burseraceae; torchwood family (resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees)

Credits

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE