Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of East Indian trees, chiefly insular, type of the natural order Dipterocarpeœ:.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two long wings.
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It is produced by some species of the dipterocarpus or shorea -- which it is impossible to determine. ...
The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911
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