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family Dipterocarpaceae

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Noun1.family Dipterocarpaceae - chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins
Dipterocarpaceae
dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Hypericales, order Hypericales, order Parietales, Parietales - a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
dipterocarp - tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae
genus Shorea, Shorea - genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin
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Here is how Wikipedia defines Shorea wood: Shorea is a genus of 360 species of mainly rainforest trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae.
Is It Really Teak Wood? Caveat Emptor! (Part Two) by Michael Ochoa / Home improvement and landscaping community
Researchers recently confirmed that members of the tree family Dipterocarpaceae, common in Africa and Asia, grow in South America as well--a finding they liken to discovering, say, kangaroos in South America.
Old world tree has roots in new by Science News
 
 
 
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