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LANCEWOOD TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lancewood tree mean?
• LANCEWOOD TREE (noun)
The noun LANCEWOOD TREE has 2 senses:
1. tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood
2. source of most of the lancewood of commerce
Familiarity information: LANCEWOOD TREE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calophyllum candidissimum; lancewood tree; laurelwood
Hypernyms ("lancewood tree" 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 ("lancewood tree" is a member of...):
Calophyllum; genus Calophyllum (genus of tropical evergreen trees)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Source of most of the lancewood of commerce
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
lancewood; lancewood tree; Oxandra lanceolata
Hypernyms ("lancewood tree" 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)
Meronyms (substance of "lancewood tree"):
lancewood (durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools)
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