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COMMON YELLOWWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common yellowwood mean? 

COMMON YELLOWWOOD (noun)
  The noun COMMON YELLOWWOOD has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized tree of South Africaplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON YELLOWWOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMON YELLOWWOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium-sized tree of South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Afrocarpus falcata; bastard yellowwood; common yellowwood

Hypernyms ("common yellowwood" is a kind of...):

gymnospermous yellowwood (any of various gymnospermous trees having yellow wood)

Holonyms ("common yellowwood" is a member of...):

Afrocarpus; genus Afrocarpus (dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus)


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