BREAKAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breakax mean? 

• BREAKAX (noun)
  The noun BREAKAX has 1 sense:

1. West Indian timber tree having very hard wood

  Familiarity information: BREAKAX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREAKAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

West Indian timber tree having very hard wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

break-axe; breakax; breakaxe; Sloanea jamaicensis

Hypernyms ("breakax" 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 ("breakax" is a member of...):

genus Sloanea; Sloanea (genus of tropical hardwood timber trees)