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Dipteryx

noun

tropical American trees: tonka beans

• Syn: ↑Coumarouna, ↑genus Coumarouna, ↑genus Dipteryx

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Leguminosae, ↑family Leguminosae, ↑Fabaceae, ↑family Fabaceae, ↑legume family, ↑pea family

• Member Meronyms: ↑tonka bean, ↑tonka bean tree, ↑Coumarouna odorata, ↑Dipteryx odorata

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\\ˈdiptə(ˌ)riks\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from di- + -pteryx; from the wing-shaped lobes of the calyx

: a small genus of tropical American trees (family Leguminosae) having opposite pinnate leaves and the calyx with the two upper petaloid lobes like wings — see tonka bean

Useful english dictionary. 2012.