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    RUPTILIOCARPON CARACOLITO

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 familiesplay

    Synonyms:

    caracolito; Ruptiliocarpon caracolito

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

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

    genus Ruptiliocarpon; Ruptiliocarpon (new (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrys)

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