LEMONWOOD

• LEMONWOOD (noun)
  The noun LEMONWOOD has 2 senses:

1. hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods
2. South African evergreen having hard tough wood

  Familiarity information: LEMONWOOD used as a noun is rare.

• LEMONWOOD (noun)

Meaning:

Hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lemonwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("lemonwood" is a part of...):

lemon-wood; lemon-wood tree; lemonwood; lemonwood tree; Psychotria capensis (South African evergreen having hard tough wood)

Meaning:

South African evergreen having hard tough wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lemon-wood; lemon-wood tree; lemonwood tree; Psychotria capensis; lemonwood

Hypernyms ("lemonwood" 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)

Meronyms (parts of "lemonwood"):

lemonwood (hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods)

Holonyms ("lemonwood" is a member of...):

genus Psychotria; Psychotria (tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees)