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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of malvaceous trees, of which there are three species, natives of the Malay peninsula and adjoining islands.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A fruit tree (
Durio zibethinus , the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae
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