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SALMWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does salmwood mean? 

SALMWOOD (noun)
  The noun SALMWOOD has 1 sense:

1. large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable woodplay

  Familiarity information: SALMWOOD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SALMWOOD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cordia alliodora; cypre; Equador laurel; princewood; salmwood; Spanish elm

Hypernyms ("salmwood" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("salmwood" is a member of...):

Cordia; genus Cordia (tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)


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