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OXANDRA LANCEOLATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxandra lanceolata mean? 

OXANDRA LANCEOLATA (noun)
  The noun OXANDRA LANCEOLATA has 1 sense:

1. source of most of the lancewood of commerceplay

  Familiarity information: OXANDRA LANCEOLATA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OXANDRA LANCEOLATA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Source of most of the lancewood of commerce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lancewood; lancewood tree; Oxandra lanceolata

Hypernyms ("Oxandra lanceolata" 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 "Oxandra lanceolata"):

lancewood (durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools)


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