noun
small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves
• Syn: ↑genus Triplochiton
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sterculiaceae, ↑family Sterculiaceae, ↑sterculia family
• Member Meronyms: ↑obeche, ↑obechi, ↑arere, ↑samba, ↑Triplochiton scleroxcylon
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\\ˌtriplō+\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a small genus comprising tall tropical African trees with palmately lobed alternate leaves like those of the maple and being included in Sterculiaceae or made the type of a separate family — see obeche
Useful english dictionary. 2012.