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Chrysophyllum

noun

tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs

• Syn: ↑genus Chrysophyllum

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sapotaceae, ↑family Sapotaceae, ↑sapodilla family

• Member Meronyms: ↑star apple, ↑caimito, ↑Chrysophyllum cainito

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈfiləm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from chrys- + -phyllum

: a large genus of tropical American trees (family Sapotaceae) having the leaves oblong and silky golden beneath and the flowers small and clustered chiefly in the leaf axils

Useful english dictionary. 2012.