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SOUTHERN ARROW WOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does southern arrow wood mean?
• SOUTHERN ARROW WOOD (noun)
The noun SOUTHERN ARROW WOOD has 1 sense:
1. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows
Familiarity information: SOUTHERN ARROW WOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
arrow wood; southern arrow wood; Viburnum dentatum
Hypernyms ("southern arrow wood" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("southern arrow wood" is a member of...):
genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)
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