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    HYMENAEA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of tropical American timber treesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Hymenaea; Hymenaea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "Hymenaea"):

    courbaril; Hymenaea courbaril (West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood)

    Holonyms ("Hymenaea" 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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