Akademik

Manilkara

noun

genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical

• Syn: ↑genus Manilkara

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

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

• Part Meronyms: ↑sapodilla, ↑sapodilla tree, ↑Manilkara zapota, ↑Achras zapota

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\\ˌman^əlˈka(a)rə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Malayan manilkāra

: a genus (family Sapotaceae) that was formerly included in Mimusops and comprises chiefly New World tropical timber trees some of which yield valuable gums — see bully tree, massaranduba

Useful english dictionary. 2012.