HyperDic: palaquium

English > 1 sense of the word Palaquium:
NOUNplantPalaquium, genus Palaquiumlarge genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves
English > Palaquium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves.
Synonymgenus Palaquium
Member ofSapotaceae, family Sapotaceae, sapodilla familyTropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit
Membersgutta-percha tree, Palaquium guttaOne of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

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