Calophyllum
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Calophyllum calaba
See also: calophyllum
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Proper noun
Calophyllum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Clusiaceae – tropical evergreen flowering trees of wide distribution.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade – clades; Malpighiales – order; Clusiaceae – family; Kielmeyeroideae - subfamily; Calophylleae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Calophyllum calaba - type species; for other species see
Calophyllum on WikispeciesWikispecies or 
Calophyllum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: kalofillum
- → Malayalam: കാലോഫൈല്ലം (kālōphaillaṁ)
- → Russian: калофи́ллум (kalofíllum)
References
- Calophyllum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Calophyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Calophyllum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Calophyllum at USDA Plants database
- Calophyllum at The Plant List
- “Calophyllum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
