SISHAM
Dictionary entry overview: What does sisham mean? • SISHAM (noun)
The noun SISHAM has 1 sense:
1. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties
Familiarity information: SISHAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SISHAM (noun)
Meaning:
East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dalbergia sissoo; sisham; sissoo; sissu
Hypernyms ("sisham" 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 ("sisham" is a member of...):
Dalbergia; genus Dalbergia (large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers)
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