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PEACH-WOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peach-wood mean?
• PEACH-WOOD (noun)
The noun PEACH-WOOD has 1 sense:
1. tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
Familiarity information: PEACH-WOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
brazilwood; Caesalpinia echinata; peach-wood; peachwood; pernambuco wood
Hypernyms ("peach-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 "peach-wood"):
brazilwood (heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods)
Holonyms ("peach-wood" is a member of...):
Caesalpinia; genus Caesalpinia (small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana)
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