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MARBLE-WOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does marble-wood mean?
• MARBLE-WOOD (noun)
The noun MARBLE-WOOD has 2 senses:
2. large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood
Familiarity information: MARBLE-WOOD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hard marbled wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
marble-wood; marblewood
Hypernyms ("marble-wood" is a kind of...):
zebrawood; zebrawood tree (any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood)
Holonyms ("marble-wood" is a substance of...):
Andaman marble; Diospyros kurzii; marble-wood; marblewood (large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Andaman marble; Diospyros kurzii; marble-wood; marblewood
Hypernyms ("marble-wood" 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 "marble-wood"):
marble-wood; marblewood (hard marbled wood)
Holonyms ("marble-wood" is a member of...):
Diospyros; genus Diospyros (a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood)
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