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GONCALO ALVES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does goncalo alves mean?
• GONCALO ALVES (noun)
The noun GONCALO ALVES has 1 sense:
1. tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil; yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground; widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction
Familiarity information: GONCALO ALVES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil; yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground; widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Astronium fraxinifolium; goncalo alves
Hypernyms ("goncalo alves" is a kind of...):
zebrawood; zebrawood tree (any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood)
Holonyms ("goncalo alves" is a member of...):
Astronium; genus Astronium (a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae)
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