Definition of symplocos
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capitalized
: a large genus of trees and shrubs (family Styracaceae) having flowers with the calyx tube adnate to the 5-celled ovary which becomes a fleshy indehiscent fruit and numerous stamens inserted on the corolla and being widely distributed in all continents except Europe and Africa — see sweetleaf; symplocaceae
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plural symplocos
also symplocoses
: any plant of the genus Symplocos
