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    GENUS RUPTILIOCARPON

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    New (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrysplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Ruptiliocarpon; Ruptiliocarpon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Ruptiliocarpon" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Ruptiliocarpon"):

    caracolito; Ruptiliocarpon caracolito (large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families)

    Holonyms ("genus Ruptiliocarpon" is a member of...):

    family Lepidobotryaceae; Lepidobotryaceae (family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa)

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