| NOUN | plant | genus Garcinia, Garcinia | evergreen trees and shrubs |
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| Meaning | evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteens. | |
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| Synonym | Garcinia | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Spanish | garcinia, genus garcinia | |
| Catalan | garcinia, Garcinia, genus garcinia | |
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