GUMWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gumwood mean? 

• GUMWOOD (noun)
  The noun GUMWOOD has 1 sense:

1. wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum

  Familiarity information: GUMWOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUMWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gum; gumwood

Hypernyms ("gumwood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gumwood"):

hazelwood; red gum; satin walnut; sweet gum (reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture)

Holonyms ("gumwood" is a substance of...):

gum; gum tree (any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum)