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BRAZILIAN IRONWOOD

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Dictionary entry overview: What does brazilian ironwood mean?

• BRAZILIAN IRONWOOD (noun)
The noun BRAZILIAN IRONWOOD has 1 sense:

1. thornless tree yielding heavy wood

Familiarity information: BRAZILIAN IRONWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BRAZILIAN IRONWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Thornless tree yielding heavy wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

brazilian ironwood; Caesalpinia ferrea

Hypernyms ("brazilian ironwood" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("brazilian ironwood" is a member of...):

Caesalpinia; genus Caesalpinia (small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana)

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