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dipteˈraceous, a. Bot.
[f. mod. Bot. L. Dipterāceæ, f. Dipter- contracted from Dipterocarpus generic name (f. δίπτερ-ος two-winged + καρπός fruit): see -aceous.]
Of or belonging to the family Dipteraceæ (Dipterocarpeæ): see dipterocarp. So dipterad, a plant of this family.
1849Smart Suppl., Dipteraceous, epithet of an order of arborescent exogens, found only in India and the Indian Archipelago, which includes the camphor tree; an order chiefly marked by the enlarged, foliaceous, unequal segments of the calyx investing the fruit. 1866Treas. Bot. I. 415/2 Dipteraceæ (Dipterocarpeæ, Dipterads), a natural order of thalamifloral dicotyledons or Exogens..containing large trees with resinous juice. |