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Definition of Genus Payena
1. Noun. Genus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sapotaceae, Sapodilla Family, Sapotaceae
Member holonyms: Gutta-percha Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Payena
Literary usage of Genus Payena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1887)
"The fat of this tree, which is doubtfully referred to the genus Payena, is
inferior, and is used only for lighting purposes. The native name of the tree is ..."
2. Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients: A Textbook of Rubber Manufacture by Henry Clemens Pearson (1918)
"Group II comprises three kinds of the second order, derived probably from the
genus Payena. Group III embraces the so-called "white gutta," of second and ..."
3. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"The fruits are one-seeded, somewhat rounded, and about 2.5 centimeters in diameter.
This species is apparently confined to Mindanao. Genus PAYENA ..."
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