SWEETLEAF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweetleaf mean? 

• SWEETLEAF (noun)
  The noun SWEETLEAF has 1 sense:

1. small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEETLEAF (noun)

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Meaning:

Small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

sweetleaf; Symplocus tinctoria

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

angiospermous yellowwood (any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood)

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

genus Symplocus; Symplocus (type and sole genus of Symplocaceae including sweetleaf)