Definition of Dichapetalum
:a genus (the type of the family Dichapetalaceae) of African and Malagasy shrubs that have coriacious leaves and small regular flowers borne in compound cymes or in umbels
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Dichapetalum
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Di·cha·pet·a·lum
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ˌdīkəˈpetᵊləm
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Origin and Etymology of dichapetalum
New Latin, from Greek dicha in two + Greek petalon leaf
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