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Definition: Heritiera

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses.[Wordnet].

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

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Date "Heritiera" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1959. (references)

Common Expressions: Heritiera

Expressions Definition
Genus Heritiera Small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Heritiera littoralis Small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Heritiera macrophylla Large evergreen tree of India and Burma whose leaves are silvery beneath. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Heritiera trifoliolata Large tree of Australasia. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Heritiera

Heritiera

Heritiera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae (or Sterculiaceae)
Genus: Heritiera

Heritiera is a genus of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family. It contains the following species:

  • Heritiera littoralis
  • Heritiera longipetiolata
  • Heritiera parvifolia
  • Heritiera percoriacea
  • Heritiera utilis

Argyrodendron is often included in Heritiera.

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Topics by Level of Interest: Heritiera

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Heritiera longipetiolata 4     Heritiera 3
Heritiera utilis 4     Heritiera littoralis 4
Heritiera percoriacea 4     Heritiera longipetiolata 4
Heritiera littoralis 4     Heritiera parvifolia 4
Heritiera parvifolia 4     Heritiera percoriacea 4
Heritiera 3     Heritiera utilis 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).