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    GENUS SLOANEA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of tropical hardwood timber treesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Sloanea; Sloanea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Sloanea"):

    break-axe; breakax; breakaxe; Sloanea jamaicensis (West Indian timber tree having very hard wood)

    Holonyms ("genus Sloanea" 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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