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Pterocarpus

noun

genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods

• Syn: ↑genus Pterocarpus

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms:

↑bloodwood tree, ↑kiaat, ↑Pterocarpus angolensis, ↑padauk, ↑padouk, ↑amboyna, ↑Pterocarpus indicus, ↑Burma padauk, ↑Burmese rosewood, ↑Pterocarpus macrocarpus, ↑kino, ↑Pterocarpus marsupium, ↑red sandalwood, ↑red sanders, ↑red sanderswood, ↑red saunders, ↑Pterocarpus santalinus

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\\ˌterəˈkärpəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from pter- + -carpus

: a genus of tropical trees (family Leguminosae) with alternate pinnate leaves, yellow flowers, and a broad legume having a membranous-winged margin — see kino

Useful english dictionary. 2012.