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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 Africa
Familiarity information: COMMON YELLOWWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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