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Palaquium

noun

large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves

• Syn: ↑genus Palaquium

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑gutta-percha tree, ↑Palaquium gutta

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\\pəˈlākwēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Tagalog palak-palak

: a large genus of East Indian trees (family Sapotaceae) with milky juice, leathery leaves, and hexamerous flowers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.