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CHLOROXYLON SWIETENIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chloroxylon swietenia mean?
• CHLOROXYLON SWIETENIA (noun)
The noun CHLOROXYLON SWIETENIA has 1 sense:
1. East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood
Familiarity information: CHLOROXYLON SWIETENIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHLOROXYLON SWIETENIA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chloroxylon swietenia; satinwood; satinwood tree
Hypernyms ("Chloroxylon swietenia" 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)
Meronyms (substance of "Chloroxylon swietenia"):
satinwood (hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools)
Holonyms ("Chloroxylon swietenia" is a member of...):
Chloroxylon; genus Chloroxylon (deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka)
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