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ANGELIM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira

Synonyms:

andelmin; angelim

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "angelim"):

Andira inermis; cabbage-bark tree; cabbage bark; cabbage tree (tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic)

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

Andira; genus Andira (small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa)

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