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Heritiera

noun

small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses

• Syn: ↑genus Heritiera, ↑Terrietia, ↑genus Terrietia

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

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

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\\ˌherəˈtirə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, after C.L.L'Héritier de Brutelle died 1800 French botanist

: a small genus of Australasian trees (family Sterculiaceae) yielding hard heavy durable wood

Useful english dictionary. 2012.