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Definition of Pterocarpus
1. Noun. Genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Bloodwood Tree, Kiaat, Pterocarpus Angolensis, Amboyna, Padauk, Padouk, Pterocarpus Indicus, Burma Padauk, Burmese Rosewood, Pterocarpus Macrocarpus, Kino, Pterocarpus Marsupium, Pterocarpus Santalinus, Red Sandalwood, Red Sanders, Red Sanderswood, Red Saunders
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterocarpus
Literary usage of Pterocarpus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... (Pterocarpus Marsupium), teak, the wild mango, and others. Under the system
initiated in 1882, the revenue derived from these forests doubled itself at ..."
2. The Essentials of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics by Alfred Baring Garrod (1865)
"Pterocarpus. Red Sandal "Wood. [Santalum. ... US] The wood of Pterocarpus
santalinus, Red Saunder'a Wood ; Lin. ..."
3. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"genus Pterocarpus. Dr. Möller made a careful examination of the various woods
... On examining the heartwood of a Philippine species of Pterocarpus, ..."
4. The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs by John Hutton Balfour (1885)
"Others, however, think that the plant is more probably Pterocarpus santalinus,
or the red sandal-wood of India. This belongs to the natural order ..."
5. The Plants of the Bible by John Hutton Balfour (1885)
"Others, however, think that the plant is more probably Pterocarpus santalinus,
or the red sandal-wood of India. This belongs to the natural order ..."
6. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"MAHR., Pterocarpus santalinus, L. Rakta ... Rakta gandham, TEL.,Pterocarpus
santalinus, ... Thunb. syn. of Artocarpus Pterocarpus ..."
7. The Indian Forester (1883)
"... cattle in this manner, is a very delicate operation, which requires the most
careful control. Pterocarpus SANTALINUS. ENGLISH, RED SANDERS, OR RED WOOD. ..."
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