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    CALOPHYLLUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of tropical evergreen treesplay

    Synonyms:

    Calophyllum; genus Calophyllum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "Calophyllum"):

    poon (any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood)

    calaba; Calophyllum calaba; Santa Maria tree (West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice)

    Calophyllum longifolium; Maria (valuable timber tree of Panama)

    Calophyllum candidissimum; lancewood tree; laurelwood (tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood)

    Alexandrian laurel; Calophyllum inophyllum (East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers; coastal areas southern India to Malaysia)

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

    Clusiaceae; family Clusiaceae; family Guttiferae; Guttiferae; St John's wort family (widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber)

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