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CORALWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coralwood mean?
• CORALWOOD (noun)
The noun CORALWOOD has 1 sense:
1. East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
Familiarity information: CORALWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Adenanthera pavonina; Barbados pride; coral-wood; coralwood; peacock flower fence; red sandalwood
Hypernyms ("coralwood" 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 ("coralwood" is a member of...):
Adenanthera; genus Adenanthera (small genus of trees of tropical Asia and Pacific areas)
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