HyperDic: genus_nephelium

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Nephelium:
NOUNplantgenus Nephelium, Nepheliuma genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia
English > genus Nephelium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia.
SynonymNephelium
Member ofSapindaceae, family Sapindaceae, soapberry familychiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh
Memberspulasan, pulassan, pulasan tree, Nephelium mutabileEast Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan
rambutan, rambotan, rambutan tree, Nephelium lappaceumMalayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus nephelium, nephelium
Catalangenus nephelium, nephelium

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