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LEMONWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lemonwood mean?
• LEMONWOOD (noun)
The noun LEMONWOOD has 2 senses:
1. hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods
2. South African evergreen having hard tough wood
Familiarity information: LEMONWOOD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("lemonwood" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("lemonwood" is a part of...):
lemon-wood; lemon-wood tree; lemonwood; lemonwood tree; Psychotria capensis (South African evergreen having hard tough wood)
Sense 2
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 ("lemonwood" 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 "lemonwood"):
lemonwood (hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods)
Holonyms ("lemonwood" is a member of...):
genus Psychotria; Psychotria (tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees)
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