Definition of Palaquium

1. Noun. Large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves.

Exact synonyms: Genus Palaquium
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sapotaceae, Sapodilla Family, Sapotaceae
Member holonyms: Gutta-percha Tree, Palaquium Gutta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palaquium

Palaemon australis
Palaemonidae
Palaeodicotyledon
Palaeogene
Palaeogenic
Palaeolithic
Palaeologus
Palaeoloxodon
Palaeophytic
Palaeozoic
Palaic
Palaio Faliro
Palaio Faliron
Palamism
Palamite
Palaquium
Palaquium gutta
Palatinate
Palatine
Palau
Palau Islands
Palauan
Palauans
Palawan
Palawan bearcat
Palawan bearcats
Pale Clouded Yellow
Pale of Settlement
Paleacrita
Paleacrita vernata

Literary usage of Palaquium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"What this plant may be is doubtful as Blanco described no such species and no such name is listed in Index Kewensis. The use of the name palaquium ..."

2. Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands by Philippines Governor (1907)
"Leaves of palaquium Gutta Burck, grown at the botanical garden at Singapore, ... Gutta-Percha Leaf (palaquium Gutta) enlarged, showing the fibers of gutta- ..."

3. Publications by Bureau of Government Laboratories, Philippines, Department of the Interior (1904)
"palaquium sp. indet. This species, which is certainly ... A species is probably most closely related to palaquium ..."

4. The Indian Forester (1905)
"We already have an area of about 60000 acres reserved, fairly rich in young " palaquium," chiefly in Perak and Selangor, and probably as much more remains ..."

5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1892)
"Of these, the species of first rate importance are palaquium gutta, ... palaquium oblongifolium is a native of Sumatra, Borneo, and Malacca ; while Bangka ..."

6. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"Pierre, after the indications of Bentham, adopts the generic name palaquium, and adds as Gutta- Percha yielding: palaquium Malaccense, ..."

7. Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands by Philippines Governor (1904)
"The accompanying photographs will show some *of the resemblances and differences between the species above mentioned. The trees of the genus palaquium are ..."

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