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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
Sense 1
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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