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Definition: Dipteryx

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Tropical American trees: tonka beans.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Dipteryx" is a common misspelling or typo for: Dietary, Dieter, Diphtheria, Dipper, Dithery, Dictatrix, Datary, Dupery.

Date "Dipteryx" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 2002. (references)

Common Expressions: Dipteryx

Expressions Definition
Dipteryx odorata Tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Dipteryx Tropical American trees: tonka beans. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Specialty Expressions: Dipteryx

Expressions Domain Definition
Dipteryx panamensis Botanical The roasted seeds are eaten. Raw seeds are used as candlenuts (!). Raw, germinated cotyledons taste like green string beans (!). The aroma of the seed is probably due to coumarin, which is often used to flavor tobacco. The coumarin in the seeds is considered antispasmodic, cardiac, and diaphoretic. Uala Cuna prohibit the felling of this tree, perhaps because of mystical properties ascribed to it (!). They eat the nuts at breakfast with chucula. (references)

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Extended Definition: Dipteryx

Dipteryx

Dipteryx

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dipterygeae
Genus: Dipteryx
Species

Dipteryx alata
Dipteryx lacunifera
Dipteryx magnifica
Dipteryx micrantha
Dipteryx odorata
Dipteryx oleifera
Dipteryx polyphylla
Dipteryx punctata
Dipteryx rosea

Ref: ILDIS Version 6.05

Dipteryx is a genus of nine species of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to South and Central America and the Caribbean.

The Tonka bean (D. odorata) is grown for its fragrant seeds, and several species are used for timber.

Baru (D. alata) is a fruit from Cerrado vegetation of Brazil, and a vulnerable species. It is a canopy emergent tree found in tropical rainforests.

See also: List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Dipteryx". Image Credit.
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Dipteryx alata 5     Dipteryx 5
Dipteryx 5     Dipteryx alata 5
Dipteryx charapilla 4     Dipteryx charapilla 4

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