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HYDNOCARPUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Hydnocarpus mean?

• HYDNOCARPUS (noun)
The noun HYDNOCARPUS has 1 sense:

1. medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees

Familiarity information: HYDNOCARPUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HYDNOCARPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Hydnocarpus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hydnocarpus; genus Taraktagenos; genus Taraktogenos; Hydnocarpus; Taraktagenos; Taraktogenos

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Hydnocarpus"):

chaulmoogra; chaulmoogra tree; chaulmugra; Hydnocarpus kurzii; Taraktagenos kurzii; Taraktogenos kurzii (East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy)

Hydnocarpus laurifolia; Hydnocarpus wightiana (leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil)

Holonyms ("Hydnocarpus" is a member of...):

family Flacourtiaceae; flacourtia family; Flacourtiaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs)

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