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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 mahogany
Familiarity information: BURMESE ROSEWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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