Definition of Dipterocarp

1. Noun. Tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae.

Group relationships: Dipterocarpaceae, Family Dipterocarpaceae
Specialized synonyms: Red Lauan, Red Lauan Tree, Shorea Teysmanniana
Generic synonyms: Tree

Definition of Dipterocarp

1. Noun. any member of the family (Dipterocarpaceae) of tropical rainforest trees having two-winged fruits ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dipterocarp

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipterocarp

dipsomanias
dipsos
dipsosis
dipsotherapy
dipsticks
dipswitch
dipt
dipteral
dipteran
dipterans
dipteras
diptericin
dipterist
dipterists
dipterocarp (current term)
dipterocarps
dipterocarpus
dipteroi
dipteron
dipterons
dipteros
dipterous
dipterous insect
dipterygian
dipthong
diptote
diptotes
diptyca
diptycas

Literary usage of Dipterocarp

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

1. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology and Siviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"The mixed-dipterocarp forest1 of this region has been studied more than any other tropical forest type primarily because of its importance for producing ..."

2. Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Forest Ecosystems: Workshop Proceedings ...by Shigeo Kobayashi by Shigeo Kobayashi (2001)
"Reforestation experiences with dipterocarp species on grassland. ... A case study of second felling in a logged-over dipterocarp forest. ..."

3. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1915)
"The chief difference between the dipterocarp forest and a hardwood forest of the temperate zone lies in the several-storied arrangement of the dipterocarp ..."

4. Management of Secondary and Logged-over Forests in Indonesia: Selected by Plinio Sist, C. Sabogal, Yvonne Byron (1999)
"Management techniques which use canopy opening to increase dipterocarp seedling growth rates should aim for moderate daily ..."

5. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"Soc. bot France, 1906, pp. i8f>- 92 ; and Cellules à mucilage des dipterocarp., loc. cit., 1906, pp. 443-51.—[For additional literature, see p. 1170. ..."

6. Proceedings of the Session on Tropical Forestry for People of the Pacific edited by C. Eugene Conrad, Leonard A. Newell (1994)
"Composition and structure of a lowland dipterocarp forest at Wanariset, ... A preliminary note on gaps in a lowland dipterocarp forest in Wanariset, ..."

7. Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production by E. Meijaard (2005)
"Large dipterocarp trees (with cavities) may serve as important nest sites of species ... It is unclear whether any vertebrates depend on dipterocarp leaves. ..."

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