sloanea (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Sloanea*:
NOUN	plant	Sloanea, genus Sloanea	genus of tropical hardwood timber trees

English > *Sloanea*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
Synonym	genus Sloanea
Member of	Elaeocarpaceae, family Elaeocarpaceae, elaeocarpus family	genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber
Members	breakax, breakaxe, break-axe, Sloanea jamaicensis	West Indian timber tree having very hard wood
Broader	dilleniid dicot genus	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanish	genus sloanea, sloanea
Catalan	genus sloanea, sloanea

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