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Pterospermum

noun

genus of tropical Asian trees and shrubs

• Syn: ↑genus Pterospermum

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑mayeng, ↑maple-leaved bayur, ↑Pterospermum acerifolium

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\\-ˈspərməm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from pter- + -spermum

: a genus of shrubs and trees (family Sterculiaceae) of southeastern Asia and the East Indies including several that yield economically important timbers — see mayeng

Useful english dictionary. 2012.