Library / English Dictionary

ALEURITES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Candlenut

Synonyms:

Aleurites; genus Aleurites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Aleurites"):

Aleurites moluccana; candlenut; varnish tree (large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles)

Aleurites fordii; tung; tung-oil tree; tung tree (Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil)

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

Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)

Credits