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SOUTH-AFRICAN YELLOWWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does South-African yellowwood mean?
• SOUTH-AFRICAN YELLOWWOOD (noun)
The noun SOUTH-AFRICAN YELLOWWOOD has 1 sense:
1. erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves
Familiarity information: SOUTH-AFRICAN YELLOWWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SOUTH-AFRICAN YELLOWWOOD (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Podocarpus latifolius; South-African yellowwood
Hypernyms ("South-African yellowwood" is a kind of...):
gymnospermous yellowwood (any of various gymnospermous trees having yellow wood)
Holonyms ("South-African yellowwood" is a member of...):
genus Podocarpus; Podocarpus (evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae)
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