genus pterocarpus

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   genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods

   SynonymsPterocarpus

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofPapilionoideae

Questions about genus pterocarpus

What does genus pterocarpus mean?

genus pterocarpus means "genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods".

What is another word for genus pterocarpus?

Close synonyms include Pterocarpus. 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 pterocarpus a common word?

genus pterocarpus 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.