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单词 pterocarya
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Pterocarya


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Noun1.Pterocarya - Asiatic nut trees: wing nutsgenus Pterocaryadicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationfamily Juglandaceae, Juglandaceae, walnut family - trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecanswing nut, wing-nut - any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia

Pterocarya


Pterocarya

 

a genus of deciduous plants of the family Juglandaceae. The leaves are alternate and usually odd-pinnate; the flowers are unisexual and in catkins. The fruit is a drupe. There are ten species, distributed in Asia. One species, Pterocarya pterocarpa, is found in the USSR; it measures up to 35 m tall and up to 1.3 m in diameter. The species grows in forests of Transcauca-sian valleys together with alder, white beech, and several other types of trees. A moisture-loving and rapidly growing tree, it may live 200 years. The wood is white, light, friable, and not very sturdy. It is cultivated as an ornamental.

Pterocarya


Related to Pterocarya: Pterocarya fraxinifolia
  • noun

Synonyms for Pterocarya

noun Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts

Synonyms

  • genus Pterocarya

Related Words

  • dicot genus
  • magnoliopsid genus
  • family Juglandaceae
  • Juglandaceae
  • walnut family
  • wing nut
  • wing-nut
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