HyperDic: genus_payena

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Payena:
NOUNplantgenus Payena, Payenagenus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha
English > genus Payena: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha.
SynonymPayena
Member ofSapotaceae, family Sapotaceae, sapodilla familyTropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit
Membersgutta-percha treeOne of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

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