genus shorea

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   genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin

   SynonymsShorea

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofDipterocarpaceae

Questions about genus shorea

What does genus shorea mean?

genus shorea means "genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin".

What is another word for genus shorea?

Close synonyms include Shorea. 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 shorea a common word?

genus shorea 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.