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SLOANEA

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees

Synonyms:

genus Sloanea; Sloanea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Sloanea"):

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

Holonyms ("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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