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Hymenaea

noun

genus of tropical American timber trees

• Syn: ↑genus Hymenaea

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑courbaril, ↑Hymenaea courbaril

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\\ˌhēməˈnēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin hymenaeus wedding song, marriage

: a genus of tropical American timber trees (family Leguminosae) having large white or purplish flowers in panicles and pinnate leaves consisting of a single pair of large thick glossy leaflets — see courbaril

Useful english dictionary. 2012.