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BLACK MAIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black maire mean?
• BLACK MAIRE (noun)
The noun BLACK MAIRE has 1 sense:
1. northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood
Familiarity information: BLACK MAIRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black maire; Olea cunninghamii
Hypernyms ("black maire" is a kind of...):
olive tree (a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit)
Holonyms ("black maire" is a member of...):
genus Olea; Olea (evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits)
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