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Tarrietia

noun

small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees

• Syn: ↑genus Tarrietia

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sterculiaceae, ↑family Sterculiaceae, ↑sterculia family

• Member Meronyms: ↑silver tree, ↑Tarrietia argyrodendron

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\\ˌtarēˈēsh(ē)ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from native name in Java

: a small genus of chiefly eastern Asian and Australian timber trees (family Sterculiaceae)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.