Sloanea

Sloanea
noun
genus of tropical hardwood timber trees
Syn: ↑genus Sloanea
Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
Member Meronyms: ↑breakax, ↑breakaxe, ↑break-axe, ↑Sloanea jamaicensis

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\\ˈslōnēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Sir Hans Sloane died 1753 British naturalist
: a large genus of tropical timber trees (family Elaeocarpaceae) having alternate leaves, small apetalous flowers with numerous stamens, a spiny or hairy 4-valved capsule, and usually very hard wood — see breakax; compare ironwood

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