English > Nephelium: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia. |
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Synonym | genus Nephelium |
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Member of | Sapindaceae, family Sapindaceae, soapberry family | chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh |
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Members | pulasan, pulassan, pulasan tree, Nephelium mutabile | East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan |
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rambutan, rambotan, rambutan tree, Nephelium lappaceum | Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit |
Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | genus nephelium, nephelium |
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Catalan | genus nephelium, nephelium |
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