LEMON-WOOD TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lemon-wood tree mean? 

• LEMON-WOOD TREE (noun)
  The noun LEMON-WOOD TREE has 1 sense:

1. South African evergreen having hard tough wood

  Familiarity information: LEMON-WOOD TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEMON-WOOD TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

South African evergreen having hard tough wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lemon-wood; lemon-wood tree; lemonwood; lemonwood tree; Psychotria capensis

Hypernyms ("lemon-wood 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 (parts of "lemon-wood tree"):

lemonwood (hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods)

Holonyms ("lemon-wood tree" is a member of...):

genus Psychotria; Psychotria (tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees)