HyperDic: helicteres

English > 1 sense of the word Helicteres:
NOUNplantHelicteres, genus Helicteresgenus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another
English > Helicteres: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another.
Synonymgenus Helicteres
Member ofSterculiaceae, family Sterculiaceae, sterculia familyA large family of plants of order Malvales
Membersscrew treeA tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishgenus helicteres, helicteres
Catalangenus helicteres, helicteres

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