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CARIB WOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carib wood mean?
• CARIB WOOD (noun)
The noun CARIB WOOD has 1 sense:
1. small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges
Familiarity information: CARIB WOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
carib wood; Sabinea carinalis
Hypernyms ("carib wood" 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 ("carib wood" is a member of...):
genus Sabinea; Sabinea (small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib wood)
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