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noun
any member of the family Dipterocarpaceae of tropical rainforest trees having two-winged fruits
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tree
Narrower terms: red lauan, red lauan tree, Shorea teysmanniana
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English ptero- English -carp English dipterocarp From di- + ptero- + -carp.
