Dictionary - Definition of Falcatifolium

Definition: Falcatifolium


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia.[Wordnet].
Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.		Top

Common Expressions: Falcatifolium

Expressions	Definition
Falcatifolium falciforme	Small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Falcatifolium taxoides	A rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Falcatifolium	Sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top

Extended Definition: Falcatifolium

Falcatifolium

Falcatifolium

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Podocarpaceae
Genus:	Falcatifolium de Laub.

Species

Falcatifolium angustum
Falcatifolium falciforme
Falcatifolium gruezoi
Falcatifolium papuanum
Falcatifolium taxoides

Falcatifolium is a genus of conifers belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The genus includes evergreen dioecious shrubs and large trees of up to 36 meters. Five species are presently recognized. The genus was first described by de Laubenfels in 1969, and is composed of species formerly classified in genus Dacrydium.

Genus Facatifolium ranges from New Caledonia to the Malay Peninsula, including New Guinea, the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi, Borneo, and the Obi and Riau Islands, and the Philippine island of Mindoro.

References

de Laubenfels, David J. 1969. A revision of the Malesian and Pacific rainforest conifers, I. Podocarpaceae, in part. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 50:274-314.
de Laubenfels, David J. 1988. Coniferales. P. 337-453 in Flora Malesiana, Series I, Vol. 10. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Falcatifolium". Image Credit.
bookmark email print tweet facebook

Topics by Level of Interest: Falcatifolium
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Falcatifolium angustum	4	Falcatifolium	4
Falcatifolium falciforme	4	Falcatifolium angustum	4
Falcatifolium taxoides	4	Falcatifolium falciforme	4
Falcatifolium	4	Falcatifolium papuanum	4
Falcatifolium papuanum	4	Falcatifolium sleumeri	4
Falcatifolium sleumeri	4	Falcatifolium taxoides	4
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: Falcatifolium

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Dutch	Falcatifolium (Falcatifolium). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Falcatifolium. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).		Top

Language	Translations for “Falcatifolium” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin	Alcatifoliumfay (Falcatifolium). Additional references: Pig Latin, Falcatifolium. (volunteer)
Terran B	Falcatifolium (Falcatifolium). Additional references: Terran B, Falcatifolium. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor.		Top