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SATIN LEAF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does satin leaf mean?
• SATIN LEAF (noun)
The noun SATIN LEAF has 1 sense:
1. tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit
Familiarity information: SATIN LEAF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
caimitillo; Chrysophyllum oliviforme; damson plum; satin leaf; satinleaf
Hypernyms ("satin leaf" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
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