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MARBLEWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does marblewood mean?
• MARBLEWOOD (noun)
The noun MARBLEWOOD has 2 senses:
2. large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood
Familiarity information: MARBLEWOOD 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 ("marblewood" is a kind of...):
zebrawood; zebrawood tree (any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood)
Holonyms ("marblewood" 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 ("marblewood" 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 "marblewood"):
marble-wood; marblewood (hard marbled wood)
Holonyms ("marblewood" is a member of...):
Diospyros; genus Diospyros (a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood)
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