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OPOSSUM WOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does opossum wood mean? 

OPOSSUM WOOD (noun)
  The noun OPOSSUM WOOD has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texasplay

  Familiarity information: OPOSSUM WOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OPOSSUM WOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Halesia carolina; Halesia tetraptera; opossum wood; silver-bell tree; silverbell tree; snowdrop tree

Hypernyms ("opossum wood" is a kind of...):

silver bell (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Halesia having white bell-shaped flowers)


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