Family Dipterocarpaceae (Noun)
Meaning
Chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae are mainly distributed across tropical regions in Asia, specifically the Indo-Malayan rainforests.
- Members of the family Dipterocarpaceae often thrive in Southeast Asian rainforests.
- Most Dipterocarpaceae family species serve as essential producers of highly prized resinous heartwoods in Asian tropical regions.
- Asian carpentry techniques are typically perfected by exploiting commercially useful timber available in trees from the family Dipterocarpaceae.
- Rich timber derived from Dipterocarpaceae trees primarily fosters many countries' rapidly increasing forestry economies throughout Asia.