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Princeton's WordNet
Pterocarpus, genus Pterocarpusnoun
genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods
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Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus is a pantropical genus of trees in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade within the Dalbergieae. Most species of Pterocarpus yield valuable timber traded as padauk (or padouk); other common names are mukwa or narra. P. santalinus also yields the most precious red sandalwood in China known as Zitan. The wood from the narra tree (P. indicus) and the Burmese padauk tree (P. macrocarpus) is marketed as amboyna when it has grown in the burl form. The scientific name is Latinized Ancient Greek and means "wing fruit", referring to the unusual shape of the seed pods in this genus.
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pterocarpus
Pterocarpus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs belonging to the pea family, Fabaceae. They are native to parts of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Some species from this genus are known for producing valuable timber, such as Pterocarpus indicus and Pterocarpus dalbergioides, which produce the commercial products known as padauk and Indian rosewood, respectively. Some are also used in traditional medicine.
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Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus is a pantropical genus of trees in the family Fabaceae, most of which yield valuable timber traded as padauk; other common names are mukwa or narra. The wood is marketed as amboyna when it has grown in the burl form. The scientific name is Latinized Ancient Greek and means "wing fruit", referring to the unusual shape of the seed pods in this genus.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Pterocarpus
A plant genus of the family FABACEAE. Members contain TRITERPENES.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Pterocarpus in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Pterocarpus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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