Calophyllum

See also: calophyllum

Translingual

Etymology

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Ancient Greek καλός (kalós)der.

Ancient Greek φῠ́λλον (phŭ́llon)der.

Translingual Calophyllum

From Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Proper noun

Calophyllum n

1. 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
• Category: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.