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BURMESE ROSEWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Burmese rosewood mean? 

BURMESE ROSEWOOD (noun)
  The noun BURMESE ROSEWOOD has 1 sense:

1. tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahoganyplay

  Familiarity information: BURMESE ROSEWOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BURMESE ROSEWOOD (noun)


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Meaning:

Tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Burma padauk; Burmese rosewood; Pterocarpus macrocarpus

Hypernyms ("Burmese rosewood" 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 ("Burmese rosewood" is a member of...):

genus Pterocarpus; Pterocarpus (genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods)


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