English > Garcinia: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteens. |
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Synonym | genus Garcinia |
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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 | gamboge tree, Garcinia hanburyi, Garcinia cambogia, Garcinia gummi-gutta | Low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered |
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mangosteen, mangosteen tree, Garcinia mangostana | East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit |
Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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Spanish | garcinia, genus garcinia |
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Catalan | garcinia, Garcinia, genus garcinia |
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