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GOPHERWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gopherwood mean?
• GOPHERWOOD (noun)
The noun GOPHERWOOD has 1 sense:
1. small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye
Familiarity information: GOPHERWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cladrastis kentukea; Cladrastis lutea; gopherwood; Kentucky yellowwood
Hypernyms ("gopherwood" is a kind of...):
angiospermous yellowwood (any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood)
Holonyms ("gopherwood" is a member of...):
Cladrastis; genus Cladrastis (yellowwoods)
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