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ELAEOCARPUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae

Synonyms:

Elaeocarpus; genus Elaeocarpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Elaeocarpus"):

blue fig; Brisbane quandong; Elaeocarpus grandis; quandong; quandong tree; silver quandong tree (Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit)

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

Elaeocarpaceae; elaeocarpus family; family Elaeocarpaceae (genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae)

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