genus helicteres

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   genus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another

   SynonymsHelicteres

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofSterculiaceae

Questions about genus helicteres

What does genus helicteres mean?

genus helicteres means "genus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another".

What is another word for genus helicteres?

Close synonyms include Helicteres. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus helicteres a common word?

genus helicteres is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.