» calophyllum
Noun (1 meaning)
1. genus of tropical evergreen trees.
calophyllum is a type of:
- dilleniid dicot genus (noun) - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
calophyllum is a member of:
- Guttiferae, family Guttiferae, Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, St John's wort family (noun) - widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
members of calophyllum:
- Alexandrian laurel, Calophyllum inophyllum (noun) - East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers
- Maria, Calophyllum longifolium (noun) - valuable timber tree of Panama
- calaba, Santa Maria tree, Calophyllum calaba (noun) - West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice
- laurelwood, lancewood tree, Calophyllum candidissimum (noun) - tropical American tree
- poon (noun) - any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood