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Sloanea

noun

genus of tropical hardwood timber trees

• Syn: ↑genus Sloanea

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Elaeocarpaceae, ↑family Elaeocarpaceae, ↑elaeocarpus family

• Member Meronyms: ↑breakax, ↑breakaxe, ↑break-axe, ↑Sloanea jamaicensis

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\\ˈslōnēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sir Hans Sloane died 1753 British naturalist

: a large genus of tropical timber trees (family Elaeocarpaceae) having alternate leaves, small apetalous flowers with numerous stamens, a spiny or hairy 4-valved capsule, and usually very hard wood — see breakax; compare ironwood

Useful english dictionary. 2012.