English > Calophyllum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of tropical evergreen trees. |
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| Synonym | genus Calophyllum |
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| Member of | Guttiferae, family Guttiferae, Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, St John's wort family | widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber |
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| Members | Alexandrian laurel, Calophyllum inophyllum | East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers |
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| Maria, Calophyllum longifolium | Valuable timber tree of Panama |
| calaba, Santa Maria tree, Calophyllum calaba | West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice |
| laurelwood, lancewood tree, Calophyllum candidissimum | Tropical American tree |
| poon | Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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| Spanish | calophyllum, genus calophyllum |
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| Catalan | calophyllum, Calophyllum, genus calophyllum |
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