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    DIPTERYX

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tropical American trees: tonka beansplay

    Synonyms:

    Coumarouna; Dipteryx; genus Coumarouna; genus Dipteryx

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Dipteryx"):

    Coumarouna odorata; Dipteryx odorata; tonka bean; tonka bean tree (tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring)

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

    Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)

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